• Animal Bioscience
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• v.37 no.4_spc
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• pp.742-754
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• 2024

Asia is not only the primary region for global pig production but also the largest consumer of pork worldwide. Although the pig production in Asia has made great progress in the past, it still is confronted with numerous challenges. These challenges include: inadequate land and feed resources, a substantial number of small-scale pig farms, escalating pressure to ensure environmental conservation, control of devastating infectious diseases, as well as coping with high temperatures and high humidity. To solve these problems, important investments of human and financial capital are required to promote large-scale production systems, exploit alternative feed resources, implement precision feeding, and focus on preventive medicine and vaccines as alternatives to antibiotics, improve pig breeding, and increase manure recycling. Implementation of these techniques and management practices will facilitate development of more environmentally-friendly and economically sustainable pig production systems in Asia, ultimately providing consumers with healthy pork products around the world.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.44 no.4 s.218
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• pp.23-38
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to investigate the strengths of single-parent families and the related variables based on the family strength approach. The major findings were as follows. First, good communication, family bond, children's adjustment and coping ability were characteristics of single-parent family strengths. Secondly, strengths of single-parent family were related to income and period of becoming a single-parent family. Thirdly, single parents who had a higher level of personal resources such as high self-esteem and economic stability perceived a higher level of family strengths. Fourth, single parents who had a higher level of social support perceived a higher level of family strength. Fifth, there was no interaction effect between personal resource and social resource on single-parent family strengths. Last, both personal and social resources had effects on the strength of single- parent family. Especially personal resource and self-esteem were the most important variables and had a strong influence on single-parent family strengths. The results of this study have important implications for theory, research and practice. Research on the strengths of the Korean single-parent family is new and more extensive investigation is required.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.85-100
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• 2020

Distributed energy resources (DERs) are essential for coping with growing multiple energy demands. A microgrid (MG) is a small-scale version of the power system which makes possible the integration of DERs as well as achieving maximum demand-side management utilization. Hence, this study focuses on the analysis of optimal power dispatch considering economic aspects in a multi-carrier microgrid (MCMG) with price-responsive loads. This paper proposes a novel time-based demand-side management in order to reshape the load curve, as well as preventing the excessive use of energy in peak hours. In conventional studies, energy consumption is optimized from the perspective of each infrastructure user without considering the interactions. Here, the interaction of energy system infrastructures is considered in the presence of energy storage systems (ESSs), small-scale energy resources (SSERs), and responsive loads. Simulations are performed using GAMS (General Algebraic modeling system) to model MCMG, which are connected to the electricity, natural gas, and district heat networks for supplying multiple energy demands. Results show that the simultaneous operation of various energy carriers, as well as utilization of price-responsive loads, lead to better MCMG performance and decrease operating costs for smart distribution grids. This model is examined on a typical MCMG, and the effectiveness of the proposed model is proven.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.46 no.12
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• pp.1141-1155
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• 2013

A number of studies have been performed to analyze climate change impacts of water resources system. In this study, a coordinated dam operation is compared with an existing operation strategy for coping with projected future runoff scenarios. GCMs (Global Circulation Models) and the LARS-WG downscaling method was used to project future climate scenarios. The water balance model called abcd was employed to estimate future runoff scenarios. The existing dam operation comes from the national dam construction guideline, which is called the "level-operation method." The alternative coordinated dam operation are constructed as a linear programming using New York City rule for refill and drawdown seasons. The results of annual total inflow in future is projected to decrease to 72.81% for Andong dam basin and 65.65% for Imha dam basin. As a result of applying future runoff scenarios into the dam operation model, the reliability of coordinated dam operation, 62.22%, is higher than the reliability of single dam operation, 46.55%. Especially, the difference gets larger as the reliability is low because of lack of water. Therefore, the coordinated operation in the Andong & Imha dams are identified as more appropriate alternative than the existing single operation to respond to water-level change caused by climate change.

• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.37-48
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• 2018

Prisons are mostly filled with social deviants and like other correctional institutions, deserve organized information (provision) centers such as library. A study on library resource needs and accessibility by prison inmates was conducted at Kuje prison, Abuja and Kaduna prison, Kaduna, Nigeria, both of which have functional libraries. A sample of 898 inmates was randomly selected from all the convicted inmates in the two prisons. A total of 106 inmates were selected from Kuje prison and 792 from Kaduna prison. A well-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the inmates. All the 898 inmates responded. A total of 786 (87.9%) males and 112 (12.4%) females were involved in the study. With regards to the educational level attained by the inmates, 347 (38.6%) had Junior Secondary School Certificate while 323 (30.0%) had Senior School Certificate both accounting for 74.6% of the sampled population. In areas of information needs, 94.5%, 96.1%, 98.7%, 99.4%, 100%, and 100% of the respondents indicated that information on current affairs, survival and coping, educational support, legal aid, skill acquisition, and health, respectively were highly needed by the inmates. Out of the 12 information resources listed, only newspaper, novel, handbook and manual, and bulletin were readily accessible with percentage accessibility of 60.7, 7.8, 6.8, and 1.9, respectively. One major reason adduced by the respondents for limited access to information resources was the very strict rules and regulations in the prison. Providing more library resources and granting the inmates more access to the library would assist in character reformation and rehabilitation of the inmates.

• Strategy21
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• s.32
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• pp.123-159
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• 2013

The purpose of this research paper is to re-valuate the factors that affected the Royal Navy's rearmament and preparation for war by conducting analysis on the discussion held in the Britain on the strategic priorities and Navy's coping measures adopted during the interwar period. After the end of the WWI, each of the military arms of the Britain faced significant difficulty in securing budget and increasing their military power all throughout the interwar period, and the Navy was not an exception. The WWII that got started on September 1939 was the turning point in which this difficulty led to full-fledged crisis. Immensely many criticisms followed after the war and problems were identified when it comes to the Royal Navy's performance during the war. This type of effort to identify problem led to the attempt to analyze whether Royal Navy's preparation for war and rearmament policy during interwar period were adequate, and to identify the root causes of failure. Existing studies sought to find the root cause of failed rearmament from external factors such as the deterioration of the Britain itself or pressure from the Treasury Department to cut the budget for national defense, or sought to detect problems from the development of wrong strategies by the Navy. However, Royal Navy's failed preparation for the war during interwar period is not the result of one or two separate factors. Instead, it resulted due to the diverse factors and situations that the Britain was facing at the time, and due to intricate and complex interaction of these factors. Meanwhile, this research paper focused on the context characterized by 'strategic selection and setting up of priorities' among the various factors to conduct analysis on the Navy's rearmament by linking it with the discussion held at the time on setting up strategic priorities, and sought to demonstrate that the Navy Department's inadequate counter-measures developed during this process waned Royal Navy's position. After the end of WWI, each of the military arms continued to compete for the limited resources and budget all throughout the interwar period, and this type of competition amidst the situation in which the economic situation of Britain was still unstable, made prioritization when it comes to the allocation of resources and setting up of the priorities when it comes to the military power build-up, inevitable. Amidst this situation, the RAF was able to secure resources first and foremost, encouraged by the conviction of some politicians who were affected by the 'theory of aerial threat' and who believed that curtailing potential attack with the Air Force would be means to secure national security at comparatively lower cost. In response, Navy successfully defended the need for the existence of Navy despite the advancement of the aerial power, by emphasizing that the Britain's livelihood depends on trade and on the maintenance of maritime traffic. Despite this counter-measuring logic, however, Navy's role was still limited to the defense of overseas territory and to the fleet run-off instead of sea traffic route production when it comes to the specific power build-up plan, and did not understand the situation in which financial and economic factors gained greater importance when it comes to the setting up of strategic priorities. As a result, Navy's plan to build its powers was met with continual resistance of the Treasury Department, and lost the opportunity to re-gain the status of 'senior service' that it had enjoyed in the past during the competition for strategic prioritization. Given that the strategic and economic situation that Korea faces today is not very different from that of the Britain during the interwar period, our Navy too should leverage the lessons learned from the Royal Navy to make the effort to secure viable position when it comes to the setting of priorities in case of national defense strategy by presenting the basis on why maritime coping should be prioritized among the numerous other threats, and by developing the measures for securing the powers needed effectively amidst the limited resources.

• Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.75-82
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• 2016

The new climate regime for practical reduction in green house gas(GHG) emissions was launched in Paris at Dec. 2015. The Korea government would make various policies and plans in order to achieve the BAU 37 % emission reduction goals by 2030. In this study, the current situation and the possible corresponding methodology to the GHG emission reduction of Korea paper industry were investigated. Although the GHG emission reduction in KOREA paper industry has been successfully conducted compared with other industries until now, the more efforts for controlling GHG emission would be required to meet the new climate regime. The efficiency of various GHG reduction projects conducted by Korea paper companies was evaluated to find efficient way for GHG reduction. The certified methodologies of the external project based offset systems in Korea GHG emission trading scheme were also reviewed for providing the possible way to develope tailored methodology to the Korea paper industry.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.973-973
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• 2012

기후변화에의 대응을 위한 기회비용이 점차 커지고 있으며 이에 대한 적절한 대응의 확립은 곧 미래의 국가 경쟁력의 수립으로 이어질 수 있다. 이러한 대응은 기후변화 영향이 주는 시장실패를 최소화하며 주어진 조건하에서의 최적의 자원배분을 가능하게 하는 요건이라 하겠다. 기후변화의 영향이 미치는 자원배분의 효과를 고려하여 기후변화를 위한 예산의 적절한 확립이 필요할 수 있다. 극심한 기후변화의 진행과 더불어 물관리 재정은 그 규모의 증가가 요구되며 동시에 기후변화를 반영하는 구체적이고 새로운 체계를 요한다 하겠다. 그러나 이에 부응한 물관리 재정정책의 역할의 중요성에 비하여 기후변화를 위한 명확한 정책의 확립은 미흡한 현실이라 할 수 있다. 기후변화의 대응에 대한 비전과 전략의 확립이 물관리 재정에도 필요할 수 있으며 우리는 이전의 피상적인 부처별 예산배분의 정책에서 탈피하여 좀도 확고한 물관리 재정의 확립을 이룸이 필요하다 하겠다. 기후변화의 영향을 완화하고 또 그에 적응하고자 하는 제 정책의 결정과정은 현재의 수용력(capacity)을 변화시킬 수 있는 부존자원의 사용 여부와 직접적으로 연관되어 있음을 부인할 수 없다. 본 연구는 구체적인 예산의 활용방안에 관하여 기후변화 과정 속에서 적응하며 진화하는 물관리 재정의 형태 및 속성을 구분 점검한다. 나아가 우리의 지역별 유역별 시나리오의 변화의 과정 속에서의 기후변화대비 완화와 적응의 틀에서 정책적 조합의 모습을 진단한다. 현재의 예산 정책에 대한 확인으로 그 효과성을 점검하는 방법론의 제시 속에서 기후변화 대비 효과적인 재정정책은 지역별 사회경제시나리오와의 관계 속에서 확립됨을 보임으로써 정책제언이 가능함을 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.395-395
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• 2019

대한민국에서 홍수는 매해 여름 발생하는 자연재해로 인명, 재산, 사회 기반시설에 심각한 피해를 일으키고 있으며, 기후변화로 인해 홍수 사상이 과거와는 다른 형태이다. 이를 대비하기 위해서는 기후변화를 고려한 홍수 위험도(flood risk)를 평가를 통해 적절한 대비책을 수립하여야 한다. 이에 본 연구는 전국의 홍수위험도를 중권역 별로 평가하는 홍수위험지수(Flood Risk Index, FRI)를 새로이 개발하였다. FRI는 세 가지 세부 지표인 위협도, 노출도, 대응능력(Hazard, Exposure, Capacity)의 결합으로 산정된다. 위협도는 직접적인 홍수의 원인이 되는 기상학적 요인인 강수에 대한 정보이고, 노출도는 홍수로부터 피해를 입을 수 있는 인명 및 재산에 대한 요소이다. 대응능력은 자연 환경과 인간의 중장기 전략을 고려한 적응능력(adaptive capacity)과 홍수 발생 시 조치능력(coping capacity)으로 나눠져 평가된다. 즉 위협도와 노출도가 높을수록 홍수 위험도가 커지며, 대응능력이 뛰어날수록 홍수 위험도는 줄어든다. 인자들은 특정 유형의 위험도에만 초점이 맞춰지지 않고 다양한 방면을 포괄적으로 평가할 수 있도록 선정되었으며, 통계 기법을 활용해 FRI를 산정하였다. 크론바흐 알파 계수(Cronbach's ${\alpha}$)를 통해 FRI의 타당성을 진단하였으며, 홍수피해금액간의 스피어만(Spearman) 상관계수를 통해 FRI의 설명력을 검증해 신뢰도를 제고했다. 최종적으로 환경부로부터 제공받은 미래 기후 시나리오를 사용하여 FRI를 산출해 미래의 세 시점(2030년대, 2050년대, 2080년대)의 전국 홍수위험도 평가를 진행하였다.

• Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.238-247
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• 1999

The purpose of this study was to describe the relationship between family stress and adaptation in families with a disabled child through literature review using McCubbin's Double ABCX family crisis framework. The literature review focused on (1) family stress and factors affecting family stress, (2) the critical individual, familial and social resources which families acquire and employ over time in managing crisis situation. (3) the changes in definition and meaning families develop in an effort to make sense out of their predicament. (4) the coping strategies families employ. and (5) the range of outcomes of these family efforts The results showed that families reported financial difficulties and the burden of care-giving demands as major family stressors. Siblings of disabled children manifested depressive symptoms and social isolation. but was not consistent study results. The parents' views of the cause of the disabling condition fundamentally affected their behavior toward their disabled child. Especially. the fathers' views of the child's characteristics made the greatest contribution to positive changes in the mothers' perceptions. The term perceived social support refers to the cognitive appraisal by individuals that they are cared for and valued, that significant others are available to them if needed, and that they are satisfied with their interpersonal relationships. The perceived social support was more protective than social support source. network size and network density. Parental adaptation was found to be related to the child's communication competence rather than family coping strategies proposed by Lazarus and Folkman. One study results showed that there was no difference in depressive symptoms and physical health between mothers with a disabled child and those without all though mothers with a disabled child had negative attitudes and perceived themselves as having significantly less social support and lower family functioning. But a longitudinal study revealed decreases in the negative impact of the child and increases in sibling and overall family adaptation.