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A meta-analysis of mediating effects on adolescent psychosocial smoking prevention programs in the United States

  • Song hwang, Myung-Hee;Rick Petosa;Yeagley, Kathleen-Lux
    • Korean Journal of Health Education and Promotion
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.99-111
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    • 2001
  • Adolescent psychosocial smoking prevention programs have been successful, but limited in the magnitude of program effects on the reduction of smoking behaviors. This is primarily due to the mixed results of independent studies with program variations. This systematic, quantitative research synthesis is designed to identify program key factors that are likely to increase program effects. The present study examined school-based psychosocial smoking prevention programs (1978-1997)among students in grades 6 to 12 in the United States. Theoretical formulations in this analysis of mediating effects posit that program impact on knowledge and/ or skills is associated with less smoking behaviors among program participants. Knowledge factors investigated in this study included health effects, social consequences, social influences, and social norms. Skill factors included affective skill, self-efficacy, assertiveness, self-control, problem solving, and refusal skill. The findings from this study highlight the importance of social consequences knowledge factor and assertive communication skill factor in decreasing adolescent smoking behaviors.

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Simplified finite element modelling of non uniform tall building structures comprising wall and frame assemblies including P-Δ effects

  • Belhadj, Abdesselem Hichem;Meftah, Sid Ahmed
    • Earthquakes and Structures
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.253-273
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    • 2015
  • The current investigation has been conducted to examine the effect of gravity loads on the seismic responses of the doubly asymmetric, three-dimensional structures comprising walls and frames. The proposed model includes the P-${\Delta}$ effects induced by the building weight. Based on the variational approach, a 3D finite element with two nodes and six DOF per node including P-${\Delta}$ effects is formulated. Dynamic and static governing equations are derived for dynamic and buckling analyzes of buildings braced by wall-frame systems. The influences of P-${\Delta}$ effects and height of the building on tip displacements under Hachinohe earthquake record are investigated through many structural examples.

Estrogenic Activity of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Parabens Based on the Stably Transfected Human Estrogen Receptor-α Transcriptional Activation Assay (OECD TG 455)

  • Kim, Tae-Sung;Kim, Chang-Yeong;Lee, Hae-Kyung;Kang, Il-Hyun;Kim, Mi-Gyeong;Jung, Ki-Kyung;Kwon, Yong-Kwan;Nam, Hye-Seon;Hong, Soon-Keun;Kim, Hyung-Sik;Yoon, Hae-Jung;Rhee, Gyu-Seek
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.181-184
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    • 2011
  • Screening of estrogenic activity on dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (DDT), dichloro diphenyl dichloro ethylene (DDE), dieldrin, heptachlor, aldrin, chlordane, lindane, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) and parabens was compared using Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) test guideline 455 (TG455). The estrogenic activity of DDT was 58,000-fold ($PC_{50}$, $1.67{\times}10^{-6}$ M) less than $17{\beta}$-estradiol($E_2$) ($PC_{50}$, $2.88{\times}10^{-11}$ M) but DDE, dieldrin, heptachlor, aldrin, chlordane, lindane and PBDE did not show any estrogenic activity in this assay system. In the case of paraben compounds, the rank of relative transcriptional activation (logRTA) was butyl paraben -1.63752 ($PC_{50}$, $1.25{\times}10^{-7}$ M) > isobutyl paraben -2.34008 ($PC_{50}$, $6.3{\times}10^{-7}$ M) > ethyl paraben -2.64016 ($PC_{50}$, $1.26{\times}10^{-6}$ M) > isopropyl paraben -2.73993 ($PC_{50}$, $1.58{\times}10^{-6}$ M) > propyl paraben -2.84164 ($PC_{50}$, $2.0{\times}10^{-6}$ M). Our data suggest that OECD test guideline TG455 may be useful as a screening tool for potential endocrine disruptors.

A Numerical Study Using Micromechanics Model for Metal Matrix Composites (금속복합재료의 미세구조역학 모델을 이용한 수치해석적 연구)

  • 김홍건;장성호;장대성;정수경
    • Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1994.11a
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    • pp.133-136
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    • 1994
  • A microcechanical analysis based on the single fiber model has studied in the standpoint of stress-strain hysteresis response. A comparative study of constraint and unconstraint effects ha been taken into account to investigate includes the stress grouping technique to evaluate the domain-based field quantities. Results indicated that the development of significant fiber stresses both for the tensile and compressive loading, due to the constraint effects, provides an important contribution to the composited strengthening

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Evaluating Comfort of Indoor Environment Based on Residents' Responses (신도시 아파트 거주자의 실내환경 쾌적성 평가)

  • 이지숙
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.213-219
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    • 1997
  • The purpose of this study is to propose a model for evaluating comfort of indoor environment based on residents' subjective respones. The questionnaire survey was given to the residents at apartment complex located in Ilsan, Kyunggi-Do. The following are the results obtained in this thesis. The results of path analysis on comfort revealed that direct effects to comfort were the satisfaction on thermal environment, indoor air environment and sound environment, and the cognition on indoor air environment and sound environment. An evaluation formula of comfort by the factors of direct effects was given. This formula is recommended to evaluate comfort for pp.O.E(post occupancy evaluation)by residents.

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Comparison of Regression Model Approaches fined to Complex Survey Data (복합표본조사 데이터 분석을 위한 회귀모형 접근법의 비교: 소규모사업체조사 데이터 분석을 중심으로)

  • 이기재
    • Survey Research
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.73-86
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    • 2001
  • In this paper. we conducted an empirical study to investigate the design and weighting effects on descriptive and analytic statistics. We compared the regression models using the design-based approach and the generalized estimating equations (GEEs) approach with the model-based approach through the design and weighting effects analysis.

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The Effects of Luxury Brand Marketing Activities on the Formation of Customer-Based Brand Equity (럭셔리 브랜드 마케팅 활동이 고객기반 브랜드 자산 형성에 미치는 영향)

  • Hwang, Yookyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.37 no.7
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    • pp.935-951
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    • 2013
  • The recent entry and heated competition of numerous fashion brands in the luxury fashion market have all compelled luxury businesses to change. The issue of brand equity has emerged as one of the most critical areas for luxury marketing management. Despite strong interest in the subject, there is little evidence of how brand equity is created by marketing activities and what their effects are. This study identifies the effects of luxury marketing activities on the brand equity of luxury items, utilizing Keller's (2001) 'CBBE (Customer Based Brand Equity) Model' as a theoretical framework. Based on literature review, a conceptual model for brand signature, heritage, premium price, controlled distribution, and promotion on customers' view on brand equity was tested. To test the hypothesized building paths of luxury brand equity, statistical analysis were performed with an AMOS 7.0 program using a confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation model. The results were: First, luxury brand equity was defined in terms of four components (brand awareness/association, customer judgment, customer feeling, and customer-brand resonance). Second, the proposed conceptual framework of this study was partially significant. We can provide an effectiveness of Keller's CBBE model to conceptualize the building process of luxury brand equity; subsequently, marketers should develop core elements to position a brand strategy to create a competitive advantage.

An empirical analysis based on organizational members' perceptions about the effects of antecedents to the external knowledge network on product and service innovations : on the basis of the open innovation perspective (조직 구성원들이 인식하는 자사의 외부 지식 네트워크 구축의 선행요인들이 제품 및 서비스 혁신에 미치는 영향에 관한 실증분석 : 개방형 혁신의 관점을 기반으로)

  • Hau, Yong Sauk;Kang, Minhyung
    • Knowledge Management Research
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.87-100
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    • 2013
  • As the external knowledge networks of firms have become more and more important to their product and service innovations, many global leading companies such as P & G, IBM, and Samsung Electronics have formulated and implemented their open innovation strategy. This study attempts to empirically analyze the effects of CEOs' supports for external knowledge networks, external knowledge network-oriented cultures and inter-organizational knowledge management systems as the major antecedents to external knowledge networks by using the data based on organizational members' perceptions about them. Based on 847 samples collected from employees in three companies in the medical, the construction and the IT service industries, this study performed a structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis about the effects of the antecedents to the external knowledge networks on product and service innovations through Partial Least Squares (PLS). The empirical findings of this study show that CEOs' supports for external knowledge network positively influence product and service innovations, partially mediated by external knowledge network-oriented cultures and inter-organizational knowledge management systems. And they also show that external knowledge network-oriented cultures and inter-organizational knowledge management systems have a positive effect on product and service innovations, respectively, partially mediated by external knowledge networks. With these new findings, academic and practical implications are discussed.

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A Case Study of SIL Analysis for Single Station Controller in Nuclear Power Plant Based on IEC 61508 (IEC 61508에 기반한 원자력 발전소용 안전 등급 제어기의 SIL 분석에 대한 사례연구)

  • Kim, Gun Myung
    • Journal of Applied Reliability
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.231-237
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: It is not easy to suggest a quantitative data related to safety analysis. The objective of this paper is to propose a method of Safety Integrity Level (SIL) analysis and to suggest a SIL analysis result for single station controller in nuclear power plant based on IEC 61508. Methods: The Failure Modes and Effects Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA) and average probability of failure on demand (PFD) are used for SIL assessment. Results: A SIL of single station controller is evaluated 4 by a reliability analysis results and PFD. Conclusion: A SIL analysis method and result for single station controller based on IEC 61508 are proposed in this paper. It can applicable for a manufacturer data in safety-related system.