• Journal of Information Technology Services
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.27-42
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• 2010

Recently, many organizations are actively adopting Enterprise Architecture (EA) as a methodology to manage IT assets and build IT-based business system. However, most existing studies on EA have focused on the adoption stage of EA. Now the research concerning effective management and utilization of EA after adopting EA is keenly required. This study intended to empirically examine how the role of EA operating unit and the EA utilization capability of organizational members impact on EA performance at the post-adoption stage of EA. Based on Resource Based View (RBV), this study proposed the model and the hypotheses describing that the impact of the role of EA operating unit on EA performance is mediated by the EA utilization capability of organizational members. In order to test the hypotheses, the field survey whose respondents were seventy four Korean public agencies which have adopted EA was conducted by means of questionnaire. Data analysis was done with partial least square (PLS), which is a structural equation modeling (SEM) technique that uses a component-based approach to estimation. The results of the empirical analyses showed that the organizational operation ability of EA operating unit significantly influenced EA performance via the EA utilization capability of organizational members, but that EA education and training performed by EA operating unit did not. The results of this study provided a lot of theoretical and practical implications regarding EA management activities at the post-adoption stage of EA to enhance EA performance.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.47 no.2
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• pp.195-200
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to investigate the melanogenesis inhibiting activity of the ethanol extract from Polygonum amphibium L. Firstly, the n-hexane (Hx), chloroform ($CHCl_3$), ethyl acetate (EA), n-butanol (BuOH), and water (Water) fractions were isolated from the P. amphibium L. ethanol extract. The efficacy of melanogenesis was found to significantly decrease via the EA and BuOH fractions when compared to the control in B16F10 cells. EA particularly showed the lowest melanin content in B16F10 cells when compared to all the other extracts. Concentration-dependent inhibition of melanin synthesis was also observed in the EA fraction at concentrations below $50{\mu}g/ml$, which did not exhibit cytotoxicity in B16F10 cells. Notably, the expression of three key proteins (tyrosinase, tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TRP-1), and TRP-2), which are involved in melanogenesis, were significantly decreased via the EA fraction. EA also inhibited body pigmentation in vivo in a zebrafish model. Overall, we demonstrated melanogenesis suppression using the EA fraction from P. amphibium L., which could be a potential candidate for an antimelanogenesis agent.

• Journal of Information Technology and Architecture
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.423-432
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• 2012

EA (Enterprise Architecture) is an SI (System Integration) approach, i.e., a comprehensive plan for SI, which shows the elements of SI and the relationships among them. Since EA can be utilized in every stages of SI, the more large-scaled and complicated SI projects are, the more important EA is. Although many central government agencies and wide local governments implemented EA, the current level of EA utilization is still low. One of the reasons is the low level of EA updating. Some reasons of the low level of EA updating are the low frequency of EA updating, and the shortage of workers, as well. In order to improve the frequency of EA updating and alleviate the workloads of SI officers, MLTM (Ministry of land, transport, and maritime affairs) standardized the processes and documents for SI projects, and implemented PMS (Project Management System) that can support the unifying management of SI projects and be connected with EA system. We expect that EA information are updated efficiently, the level of EA utilization is boosted, and the qualities of SI products are improved, by the implementation of the PMS connected with EA system.

• Journal of Information Technology and Architecture
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.271-283
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• 2014

The government has conducted a management evaluation for business management and main business to establish autonomous responsibility management system of public agencies. And many public agencies build and operate EA for alignment of strategy and technology, information resources management, IT standardization. There are many similarities between management evaluation and EA, such as BSC-based performance management, based on the PDCA management procedures can improve, etc. This paper analyzes the similarities and relationships between the two institutions, research ways to apply to management evaluation in the EA in terms of resource management, strategic management, and performance management. Through this expanded utilization of EA and propose a ways to systematically preparing management evaluation and to operating the performance-based management system.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.103-114
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• 2012

EA, efficient and hierarchical Information Resource Management(IRM) tool of Korean public agencie is one of the core of carrying forward the e-Government initiative. The objective of the paper is to study empirically whether using EA Governance for Controlling EA is related with their EA competency or not. the 190 person in charge of Information System service division are included for analysis. The various hypotheses established are validated by structural equation in SPSS and AMOS 18.0. The results shows that EA management and EA utilization of EA competency level was affected by EA Function, EA Organization and EA Human Resource of exogenous variable EA Governance but EA implementation level was not affected by EA Organization and EA Human Resource. also we investigated that the EA management level of endogenous variable EA competency was affected positively by EA implementation level and the EA utilization level of was affected positively by EA management level by stages.

• Journal of Information Technology Services
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.57-73
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• 2009

The rapid development of IT and the large-scale investment of IT motivate the public agencies to find the ways of effective IT management. Even though the public agencies adopt Enterprise Architecture (EA) as the new alternative for effective IT management, EA practices are still insufficient in the area of utilization and management after the adoption. Therefore, this research aims to identify the influencing factors for improving EA maturity level in terms of the long-term business activities such as establishment, management and utilization. Also, this research empirically identifies the influencing factors on the adoption and operation of EA in the public agencies, and clarifies how such factors impact on EA maturity level.

• Journal of Information Technology and Architecture
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.411-421
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• 2013

The study focuses on EA experiences of Korea in public sector in terms of three distinguishing periods: preparation, adaptation, and utilization. Analyzing those experiences would lead to understanding of EA performance in Korea, and to derivation of future policy directions. EA efforts of Korea shows results in several areas, especially in prevention of duplicative investments, savings in IT expenses, and optimization of information resource management. The study suggests sustainable strategy for futre EA growth.

• Journal of Information Technology Services
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.59-71
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• 2009

Korean government has operated EA by the act on efficient introduction of information system and operation. etc. But the utilization and the evaluation system for EA don't prepare well. In this study. we analyzed characteristics and advantages of EA maturity models that is developed by some domestic and foreign government departments in logical view. and then we derive evaluation scopes and factors of the models. Also. we applied the models to EA maturity for the B organization and measured maturity levels. We identify similarity and difference between the models. We propose evaluation scopes, levels and factors between the models and solutions for evaluation ambiguity by evaluators and maturity improvement through the identified results.

• Journal of Information Technology and Architecture
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.479-496
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• 2013

Today, a corporate and the government is making significant investments in informatization in order to enhance competitiveness however, question on the outcome of information-oriented investment has continuously been posed and in order to resolve such problems, the technique of Enterprise Architecture (EA) Despite such fact, in the case of the central administrative institute, even if the EA maturity standard has continuously improved through continuous investment when compared to the past without deviation between institutes, the establishment of EA and the work utilization of EA compared to the management competence still is analyzed to be relatively weak. This study completed the preliminary feasibility study in 2012 for Korea Customs Service which has been appointed as the representative institute that best utilizes EA in the field of information operation and evaluation field in the 2010 EA Maturity Evaluation and it can become a case study that can contribute to more continuous development and improvement of other public institute EA by introducing the performance of EA-based 4th Korean National Customs Information Network which has entered into total reconstruction in 2013 and by identifying the implications of EA performance arising from such.

• Journal of Information Technology and Architecture
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.423-433
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• 2013

The purpose of this research is to propose a practical guideline for activating EA which has been operated in the public institutions. For this purpose, how EA is being operated in the public sector, was analyzed from the viewpoint of IT Governance and on the basis of the result, key activities for EA managers could be developed. The key activities were also compared between the two different groups in terms of EA Maturity Level and the difference in the key activities between the two were examined. As a result, it was found that the use of EA has effect on building and improving IT management systems. It is suggested that the Relational Mechanism should be better understood and recognized as necessary activities for activating EA. In addition, the higher the level of EA maturity is, the more likely such various effects as the enhancement of IT management system, user satisfaction, IT utilization, and the improvement of business can be produced. This result could be interpreted that such desired outcomes of EA could be realized only when EA is actively utilized.