• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.118-137
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• 2019

Purpose - As global trade disputes intensify and global trade uncertainty increases due to the prevailing trade protectionism all over the world, mega-FTAs such as the RCEP and CPTPP are suggested as strategic trade policy options for export-driven small open economies, such as Korea. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of Korea's mega-FTA participation and the induced implications for the Korean economy. Design/methodology - We use a multi-region, multi-sector global CGE model, and investigate the different effects of both the US-China and US-EU trade wars on the relative changes in GDP, welfare, and trade under different trade policy regimes; (i) Korea does not participate in any mega-FTA, (ii) Korea participates in the RCEP, and (iii) Korea participates in the CPTPP. Findings - We show, among others, that though industrial effects might be largely varied, the overall enlarging of free trade zones through multilateral mega-FTA participation may contribute significantly to the macroeconomic soundness and stability of Korea, even when global trade protectionism prevails. Under RCEP and CPTPP trade regimes, Korea's GDP may increase even when the global trade environment deteriorates as trade wars occur and intensify between the US and China, or between the US and EU. It is also estimated that RCEP participation increases Korea's GDP, welfare (measured in equivalent variation), and total trade by 1.12%, $1.09 billion, and 2.54%, respectively, while CPTPP participation increases them by 0.19%, $0.92 billion, and 0.13%, respectively. Originality/value - Existing studies usually focus on the direct impacts of mega-FTA participation on macroeconomic variables such as GDP, welfare, and trade, and do not consider the possible buffer effects of a mega-FTA when the global trade environment worsens. In this paper, we analyze and quantify not only the direct impacts of RCEP and CPTPP on the main macroeconomic variables but also the possible buffer effects of the RCEP and CPTPP in the cases of the US-China and US-EU trade wars.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.14-32
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• 2019

Purpose - This study is designed to provide new insights on trade claim management by typifying trade claims from a relational perspective, which defines trade as an organic combination that exchanges relationships based on a mutual goal instead of conflicts between obligations and rights of the contracting parties. Design/methodology - This is a phenomenological study that aims to typify trade claims based on a relational perspective and extract implications for trade claim management. The research procedures of this study are as follows. First, international commercial dispute cases applying the CISG are collected. Second, the cases collected are quantified through content analysis. The variables for quantification are developed based on a relationship perspective. Third, cluster analysis is conducted on coded data to typify cases. And finally, this study compares the characteristics of each type using analysis of variance and suggests implications for the strategic management of trade claims from a relational perspective. Findings - Results show that trade claims are divided into four clusters, depending on whether flexibility is accepted or not and which party violates mutuality. There is also a difference between the claimant and the cause of the claim, according to the cluster. Based on the results, this study suggests that the buyer and the seller should employ different strategies depending on the type of trade claim and presents proposals for strategic claim management. Originality/value - Firstly, this study extends the theoretical discussion on trade claims by applying relational contract theory. Prior studies on trade claims have been primarily based on traditional contract theory. The second is to analyze trade claims quantitatively. Prior case studies on trade claims have mainly relied on qualitative research. Finally, the study contributes to international commercial practice by typifying trade claims and presenting options for strategic management.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2021

최근 인공지능, 딥러닝, 빅데이터 등 4차 산업의 핵심 분야에 대한 관심이 커지면서 기존의 의사결정 문제를 전통적인 방법론의 한계점을 최소화하는 과학적 접근 방식이 대두되고 있다. 특히 이런 과학적인 기법들은 주로 금융 상품의 방향성을 예측하는데 사용되는데 본 연구에서는 사회적으로 관심이 높은 아파트 가격의 요인을 자기조직화지도를 통해 분석하고자 한다. 이를 위해 아파트 가격의 실질 가격을 추출하고 아파트 가격에 영향을 주는 총 16개의 입력 변수를 선정한다. 실험 기간은 1986년 1월부터 2021년 6월까지이며 아파트 가격의 상승 및 횡보 구간을 나눠 각 구간 별 변수들의 특징을 살펴본 결과, 상승 구간과 횡보 구간의 입력 변수의 통계적 성향이 뚜렷하게 구분되는 것을 알 수 있었다. 더불어 U1~U3 구간이 N1~N3 구간에 비해서 변수들의 표준편차가 상대적으로 크게 나왔다. 본 연구는 중장기적으로 상승과 하락이라는 큰 주기를 갖고 있는 부동산에 대해서 현재 시점의 현황을 정량적으로 분석한 것에 의미가 있으며 향후 이미지 학습을 통해 미래 방향성을 예측하는 연구에 도움이 되기를 기대한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.1037-1040
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• 2019

For the past 50 years, graphite has been widely used as a moderator, reflector and fuel matrix in different kinds of gas-cooled reactors. Resulting in approximately 250,000 metric tons of irradiated graphite waste. One of the most significant long-lived radioisotope from graphite reactors is carbon-14 ($^{14}C$) with a half-life of 5730 years, this makes it a huge concern for deep geologic disposal of nuclear graphite (NG). Considering the lifecycle of NG a number of waste management options have been developed, mainly focused on the achievement the radiological requirements for disposal. The existing approaches for recycling depend on the cost to be economically viable. In this new study, an affordable process to remove $^{14}C$ has been proposed using samples taken from the Nuclear Power Plant in Latina (Italy) which have been used to investigate the capability of organic and inorganic solvents in removing $^{14}C$ from exfoliated nuclear graphite, with the aim to design a practicable approach to obtain graphite for recycling or/and safety disposed as L& LLW.

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.545-558
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• 2021

신뢰 실행 환경(TEE, Trusted Execution Environment) 기술의 발전과 함께 신뢰성을 보장하지 못하는 클라우드 환경에서도 어플리케이션의 코드 및 데이터를 보호할 수 있는 컨피덴셜 컴퓨팅(confidential computing)이 차세대 클라우드 핵심 기술로 떠올랐다. 학계뿐만 아니라 산업계에서도 Intel SGX 기술을 중심으로 컨피덴셜 컴퓨팅 솔루션 상용화가 활발히 이루어졌다. 하지만 TEE 기술 기반 어플리케이션을 구현하고자 할 때, 다양한 선택지 중 어떠한 컨피덴셜 컴퓨팅 프레임워크를 활용하는 것이 효과적인지에 대한 명확한 기준이 존재하지 않는다. 본 논문에서는 현존하는 상용 컨피덴셜 컴퓨팅 프레임워크 기술들의 특성에 대한 심층적인 비교 분석을 수행하고, 각 프레임워크의 장단점을 파악할 수 있는 기준 지표들을 도출한다. 이를 바탕으로, 설계 및 운용 목적에 따라 어떠한 프레임워크를 선택하여 활용하는 것이 효과적인지에 대한 선택 기준을 제안한다.

• 대한건축학회논문집:계획계
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• 제34권12호
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• pp.135-144
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• 2018

This paper deals with preservation and restoration as a universal approach to conserve architectural heritage. The questions on how to preserve or restore them have been always major issues for many old buildings. Reading changes in ways of the thinking to solve such matters in the past helps to grasp the fundamental concepts to conserve cultural heritage at this point in time. The method is an important stage that leads to change our current attitude. Both the ways of the thinking for preservation and restoration should be re-interpreted to preserve memory or to restore identity depending on the current situation, and even should no longer be understood as two opposite options. Therefore, this paper focuses on the epistemological notion and reveals the origin and premise of modern historical perception that has become disconnected from the past works. By taking the writings of $Eug{\grave{e}}ne$-Emmanuel Viollet le Duc, John Ruskin, and Camillo Boito into consideration, the thesis shows that their thought, in the common denominator of the time, is a kind of reflection of consciousness according to particular historical contexts and that their ideas echo three dialectical paradigms derived from past and present, memory and forgetfulness, and history and truth.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.761-770
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• 2021

본 연구는 초등아동을 위해 학교 정규교육시간 이외의 시간에 마을에서 제공하는 돌봄서비스가 아동이 행복한 일상생활을 보장하는 돌봄, 즉 아동권리가 실현되는 정책으로 실현되고 있는지 현황과 개선점을 살펴보고자 한다. 방과후 돌봄은 생존권과 보호권은 물론 창의적인 교육활동과 주체적인 시민성장을 지원하는 통합적 방법으로서 중요하며, 코로나 상황을 맞아 공공의 역할이 더욱 강조되고 있다. 따라서 온종일돌봄 정책 중학교밖 돌봄의 주축이 되는 다함께돌봄 정책을 아동권리 관점에서 분석하였다. 분석결과, 보호자의 역할을 대신하는 보호권에 초점이 맞추어져 아동의 4대 권리를 충분히 보장하는 포괄적 정책으로서 한계점이 있었다. 안전한 돌봄공간 마련도 중요하지만 마을의 다양한 자원을 돌봄 콘텐츠로 적극 활용하여 놀면서 배우는 아동의 선택권 확대를 위한 정책설계가 부족하다. 이를 위한 공공의 역할은 서비스의 양적확대와 더불어 내용적 공공성인 책임성, 공정성, 민주성, 공익성을 담보하기 위한 보완이 요청된다. 다함께 돌봄 정책은 아직 실행초기인 정책으로, 아동권리 관점을 반영하여 유연한 공적돌봄 체계로 발전할 수 있는 정책 개선방향을 제언하였다.

• Genomics & Informatics
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.47.1-47.12
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• 2021

Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is one of the few human oncogenic viruses, which causes a variety of malignancies, including Kaposi's sarcoma, multicentric Castleman disease, and primary effusion lymphoma, particularly in human immunodeficiency virus patients. The currently available treatment options cannot always prevent the invasion and dissemination of this virus. In recent times, siRNA-based therapeutics are gaining prominence over conventional medications as siRNA can be designed to target almost any gene of interest. The ORF57 is a crucial regulatory protein for lytic gene expression of KSHV. Disruption of this gene translation will inevitably inhibit the replication of the virus in the host cell. Therefore, the ORF57 of KSHV could be a potential target for designing siRNA-based therapeutics. Considering both sequence preferences and target site accessibility, several online tools (i-SCORE Designer, Sfold web server) had been utilized to predict the siRNA guide strand against the ORF57. Subsequently, off-target filtration (BLAST), conservancy test (fuzznuc), and thermodynamics analysis (RNAcofold, RNAalifold, and RNA Structure web server) were also performed to select the most suitable siRNA sequences. Finally, two siRNAs were identified that passed all of the filtration phases and fulfilled the thermodynamic criteria. We hope that the siRNAs predicted in this study would be helpful for the development of new effective therapeutics against KSHV.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.108-127
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• 2021

Purpose - On the basis of knowledge transfer theory, we empirically explored how three types of human resource (HR) innovation knowledge exchange within a Chaebol drive the global subsidiary performance of the headquarters (HQ) of a Chaebol's globally affiliated companies. Design/methodology - Using a sample of 176 Korean HQ firms of the top 53 Chaebols and 1,061 of their foreign manufacturing subsidiaries (n = 1,061), we tested the relationship between the exchange of explorative and exploitative sustainable HR innovation knowledge among HQ firms of Chaebols, their subsequent transfer of technical HR knowledge via technical schemas, and the subsequent impact on the global subsidiary performance. Findings - The Chaebols' decisions about the three strategic knowledge management options (i.e., the degree of exchange of explorative and exploitative technological HR innovation knowledge and the extent of HQ-subsidiary HR knowledge transfer) have highly significant relationships with the global subsidiary performance. The results help explains the conditions under which the explorative versus exchange of exploitative sustainable HR innovation knowledge pays off by showing the moderating role of the degree of HQ-to-subsidiary technical HR knowledge transfer, at least in the case of the Chaebol as one representative type of the emerging-market business groups. Originality/value - As the first of its kind in the field of sustainable HR innovation knowledge management at the business group level, the present study makes a clear contribution in demonstrating how the performance of Chaebols' manufacturing subsidiaries depends greatly on their strategy for management of knowledge, as reflected in the choices they make about sharing both explorative and exploitative sustainable HR innovation knowledge among HQ firms and the subsequent transfer of HQ's sustainable HR innovation knowledge to the foreign subsidiaries.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-34
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• 2020

Purpose - In this study, we investigate determinants of hedging with derivatives and its effect on firm value and firm risk for Korean firms. Design/methodology - To avoid the endogeneity problem pointed out in previous studies, we use a two-stage analysis by using gains and losses from derivatives as instrument variable for hedging with derivatives. Findings - Our analysis on the determinants of hedging shows that firms that are more leveraged and less profitable, and with more growth opportunities are likely to hedge through derivatives. Additionally, large firms, firms less diversified into industry, and firms more diversified geographically are likely to use derivatives. Our two-stage analysis shows that indicators of hedging with derivatives have an insignificant effect on firm value, and the indicator of futures/forwards use and of swaps use have significant negative effect on firm value. Whereas, the extent of hedging with derivatives has positive effect on firm value for all types of foreign currency derivatives, which suggests that moderately low hedgers use derivatives inefficiently, but extensive hedgers use derivatives properly. With regard to firm risk, hedging with derivatives increases market-based risk, but decreases accounting-based risk. Thus, we conclude that Korean firms use derivatives to manage operational volatility rather than to manage market risk, and accounting-based risk reduction through hedging is not directly translated into higher firm value. Originality/value - This is not the first study to investigate hedging behavior of Korean firms, but the sample period that that this study analyzed is the longest and various method are used to control the endogeneity problem. We investigate not only total foreign currency derivatives but also by types of derivatives, including futures/forwards, options, and swaps.