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Long-Term Breeding Strategies for Genetic Improvement of Buffaloes in Developing Countries - Review -

  • Chantalakhana, C.;Skunmun, P.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.12 no.7
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    • pp.1152-1161
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    • 1999
  • Buffalo raising to produce milk, meat, and draught power as well as other products continues to be important in Asia and other parts of the world in the next century due to an increase in the demand for such products and the unique roles of buffaloes in rural economy. Long-term breeding strategies with special relevance to present and future farming systems prevailing in developing countries are proposed. Some important considerations in the choice of certain breeding strategies for long-term genetic improvement in buffaloes are discussed. Some recent research results in genetic selection and crossbreeding of buffaloes are highlighted. A review of genetic inheritance of buffalo traits is presented as well as a discussion Of certain quality traits of buffaloes which deserve future research for improvement.

A study on the Relationship between Migration and Overurbanization (이농(離農)과 과잉도시화(過剩都市化)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究))

  • Kim, Jai Hong
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.336-343
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    • 1984
  • Rapid urban growth is characterized in most developing countries. Overurbanization, in this paper, which means rural-urban migration continues to exceed rates of urban job creation, thus leading to a less than optimal allocation of labor between the rural and urban sectors. In consequence of over-urbanization third world cities are suffering unemployment, underemployment and misemployment. Rural-urban migration, a few years ago, was viewed favorably with regards to the economic development, but recent developing countries are experiencing the opposite. Rural-urban expected income differential can act to exacerbate the urban unemployment situation even though urban employment might expand as a direct result of governement policy. Agricultural investment, especially land saving technology - irrigation, drainage, etc. - and rural industrialization seems to be the best policy to reduce overurbanization.

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A study on the power rail be of application to MAGLEV with middle-low speed (중저속 자기부상열차에 적용 가능한 급전레일에 대한 검토)

  • Ahn, Young-Hoon;No, Seong-Chan;Kang, Seung-Wook;Hyun, Chung-Il
    • Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.1451-1455
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    • 2007
  • MAGLEV(Magnetic Levitation) with Middle-low speed be classified as a kind of LRT(Light Rail Transit) in KOREA. Also this vehicle has adopted LIM propulsion method. The MAGLEV has adopted LIM type in operational or developing model in the world. The power rail of LIM is very similar with the 3th rail of LRT in the functional property but the structure and shape of power rail is different with that. WE have to search the optimal power rail system for Korean MAGLEV vehicle. In this paper, we suggest the conceptual design and direction of design for power rail of Korean MAGLEV developing.

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Knowledge, Knowledge… Knowledge for My Economy

  • FREEMAN, RICHARD B.
    • KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.1-21
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    • 2015
  • The creation of S&T knowledge and development of S&T- based innovation has spread worldwide from traditionally advanced countries to traditionally developing countries, often under the direction of governments. Korea is an exemplar in this new locus. Korea's burst in Science and Technology during the last three decades has made Korea a substantive player in the global production of S&T knowledge and its application to business. Although Korea still trails the US and other top countries in the quality of research, it has leaped from its 1980s standing as bit player in the knowledge economy to being among the leaders in the early 21st Century. This paper shows that Korea's advance benefited from its active participation in the global market in higher education, in international research collaborations, and its close ties to the U.S. Korea's experience offers lessons for other countries who seek to advance by becoming knowledge economies. Korea proves that a developing country can gain comparative advantage in knowledge production and use; that government policy can stimulate such a development; and that openness to the world of higher education and research is the best way to move forward and overcome the middle income trap.

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Research in application of TRMS to K-EMS (통합자원관리시스템(TRMS)의 한국형에너지관리시스템(K-EMS) 적용방안 연구)

  • Kim, In-Hyun;Yi, Myoung-Hee;Lee, Won-Sang
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2008.07a
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    • pp.294-295
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    • 2008
  • Korea has excellent IT capability. Adding Information Technology to KPX's experience of Power system operation, KPX is developing KEMS(Korea EMS) through cooperation between industry and the academic world. Monitoring EMS's essential elements is necessary for the EMS functions which are managing massive realtime data. This paper describes the most important and advanced structure of the TRMS(Total Resource Management System) in the process of developing KEMS(Korean Energy Management System).

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Strategies for Technology Development in Developing Countries: Focusing on Korea

  • Yun, Yeo Gyeong;Shin, Geon-Cheol
    • Asia Pacific Journal of Business Review
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.1-17
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    • 2018
  • South Korea has had a rich history of independent thinking and self-reliance since the Korean Conflict. The war left the country the need for infrastructures in a variety of fields. Instead of relying on aid from foreign nations, however, key figures within South Korea's borders fathered the nation's first government-funded scientific and engineering institute, the Korea Institute of Science & Technology (KIST). Even though KIST encountered numerous obstacles, its commitment to research and development (R&D) would ultimately allow it play a crucial role in the rebuilding of the country. As a result of the institute's success, South Korea was able to move forward economically to become a beacon of hope for developing nations around the world.

Survey on Developing Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicles (드론 자율비행 기술 동향)

  • Kim, S.S.;Jung, S.G.;Cha, J.H.
    • Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.1-11
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    • 2021
  • As sensors such as Inertial Measurement Unit, cameras, and Light Detection and Rangings have become cheaper and smaller, research has been actively conducted to implement functions automating micro aerial vehicles such as multirotor type drones. This would fully enable the autonomous flight of drones in the real world without human intervention. In this article, we present a survey of state-of-the-art development on autonomous drones. To build an autonomous drone, the essential components can be classified into pose estimation, environmental perception, and obstacle-free trajectory generation. To describe the trend, we selected three leading research groups-University of Pennsylvania, ETH Zurich, and Carnegie Mellon University-which have demonstrated impressive experiment results on automating drones using their estimation, perception, and trajectory generation techniques. For each group, we summarize the core of their algorithm and describe how they implemented those in such small-sized drones. Finally, we present our up to date research status on developing an autonomous drone.

Effects of the Utilization of Non-Reciprocal Trade Preferences Offered by QUAD Countries on Economic Growth in Beneficiary Countries

  • SENA KIMM GNANGNON
    • KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.33-68
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    • 2023
  • The present article investigates empirically whether non-reciprocal trade preferences (NRTPs) offered by QUAD countries (Canada, the European Union, Japan, and the United States) to developing countries have helped to promote economic growth in the beneficiary countries. Two main blocks of NRTPs are considered here: Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) programs and other trade preferences programs. The analysis used a set of 90 beneficiary countries of NRTPs that are concurrently recipients of development aid over the period of 2002-2018. Using the two-step system generalized method of moments, the analysis indicated that while a higher degree of utilization of each of these two blocks of NRTPs has been associated with a high economic growth rate, development aid enhances this positive effect. This highlights the need for donors to support a development strategy based on the provision of both development aid and NRTPs if they are to help beneficiary countries to promote economic growth. Finally, when the positive economic growth effect of the utilization of NRTPs is higher, the result is a greater country's share of exports (under preferential tariffs) to QUAD countries out of their total merchandise exports.

Inexpensive Materials for Microsurgery in Middle- and Low-Income Countries

  • Pedro Ciudad;Joseph M. Escandon;Edgar Llanos;Juan Ludena;Oscar J. Manrique;Jorge Castro;Rafael Rossi
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • v.50 no.1
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    • pp.121-124
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    • 2023
  • With the continuous incorporation of new technologies and advancements in surgical technique, microsurgical procedures around the world have generated a higher success rate and innovative procedures are now possible. In this setting, limitations regarding accessibility and acquisition of medical resources and equipment for these types of operations may be difficult in developing countries. We believe the dexterities of surgeons go beyond the surgical technique, meaning that we are able to use everyday materials to re-create affordable solutions that can be used during surgery in a safe way. This manuscript presents our experience with different surgical instruments and gadgets, developed out of necessity, to improve microsurgical interventions in developing countries.

Productive Capacities, Structural Economic Vulnerability and Fiscal Space Volatility in Developing Countries

  • SENA KIMM GNANGNON
    • KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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    • v.45 no.3
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    • pp.25-48
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    • 2023
  • The current article has explored the effect of productive capacities (as defined by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) and of structural economic vulnerability (as defined by the United Nations) on fiscal space volatility in developing countries. It relies on the definition and measure of fiscal space proposed by Aizenman and Jinjarak (2010; 2011) and Aizenman et al. (2019). To compute the indicator of fiscal space and hence that of fiscal space volatility, fiscal space is considered as the ratio of outstanding public debt to the 'de facto tax base', the latter being the number of years of tax revenues needed for a country to repay its debt. Results based on a sample of 116 countries from 2000 to 2018 have revealed that the enhancement of productive capacities is associated with lower fiscal space volatility, while higher structural economic vulnerability heightens fiscal space volatility. On another note, highly vulnerable countries tend to experience a higher negative effect of productive capacities on fiscal space volatility than relatively less vulnerable countries.