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A Study on the Eating Habit and a Healthy Diet's Perception of Korean Food Investigated through a Focus Group Interview (FGI) - Focus on the Dietary Life Related Expert - (FGI(Focus Group Interview)를 통한 한국음식의 건강성인지 및 식태도에 관한 연구 - 식생활 관련 전문가들을 중심으로 -)

  • Chung, Hea-Jung;Kwon, Yong-Suk
    • Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.1115-1125
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    • 2010
  • This study investigated how Korean food is perceived within a healthy diet and what kinds of eating habits Korean people have. A Focus Group Interview (FGI) was conducted with participants who were experts on diet. Data were categorized into five groups using content analysis. categories were as follows: 1) Korean food and health assessment, 2) opinion on Koreans' current eating habits, 3) characteristics of Korean food, 4) comparison of Korean food in the past and present, 5) a plan for healthy diet. Results showed that a healthy diet should not only include a lot of vegetables, simple and unprocessed food as well as less spicy food, but that it should also be well-balanced nutritionally.

Three-dimensional Shape Recovery from Image Focus Using Polynomial Regression Analysis in Optical Microscopy

  • Lee, Sung-An;Lee, Byung-Geun
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.4 no.5
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    • pp.411-420
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    • 2020
  • Non-contact three-dimensional (3D) measuring technology is used to identify defects in miniature products, such as optics, polymers, and semiconductors. Hence, this technology has garnered significant attention in computer vision research. In this paper, we focus on shape from focus (SFF), which is an optical passive method for 3D shape recovery. In existing SFF techniques using interpolation, all datasets of the focus volume are approximated using one model. However, these methods cannot demonstrate how a predefined model fits all image points of an object. Moreover, it is not reasonable to explain various shapes of datasets using one model. Furthermore, if noise is present in the dataset, an error will be generated. Therefore, we propose an algorithm based on polynomial regression analysis to address these disadvantages. Our experimental results indicate that the proposed method is more accurate than existing methods.

Information Structure and Intonation Realization of Ambiguous Sentences with Focus Particle 'Only' (정보구조에 따른 중의적 문장의 억양실현 양상 -초점부사 only를 중심으로-)

  • Kim, So-Hee;Kong, Eun-Jong;Kang, Sun-Mi;Kim, Kee-Ho
    • Speech Sciences
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.275-288
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    • 2001
  • The sentences with the same surface word order may be realized with the pragmatically different meanings, depending on the contexts under which they could appear. Semantically, their meaning differences have been explained in terms of the different information structures (Steedman 2000), whereas prosodically, they can be explained in terms of the different compositions of intonational components which make their own semantic contributions (Pierrehumbert and Hirschberg 1990). In other words, the different intonation realizations of the sentences with the same word order reflect the different information structures. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between the information structure and the intonational meaning by way of analysing the production of the sentences with ambiguous scopes of the English focus particle 'only'. In contrast to the previous quantitative approaches to the scopes of the focus particle 'only', two independent levels of information structure (Steedman 2000)-theme/rheme, and focus/ background-make it possible to consistently explain the intonational phenomena.

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A Prosodic Study of Focus in English Relative Sentences (영어 관계사 문장의 초점에 관한 운율 연구)

  • Ahn, Gil-Soon;Jeon, Pyung-Man;Kim, Hyun-Gee
    • Speech Sciences
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.207-214
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    • 2001
  • This study describes the focus in nine structure types of English relative clauses (SS, SO, SP, PS, PO, PP, OS, OO, OP), classified according to the grammatical role of both the head that the relative clause modifies and the gap within the relative clause. The informants for this study are 2 middle school students, 4 high school students in four formal classroom in Korea and 2 native speakers. To obtain the accurate intonation patterns, Visi-Pitch II Model 3300 was used for data analyses. Major findings are as follows: (1) The feature of the intonation in English relative clauses showed prosodic prominence at the head, but the English learners in Korea didn't show prosodic prominence; (2) the fact that all heads have prosodic prominence says that the head in relative clauses has prosodic focus; (3) in the fact that the English learners have flat pitch in the whole sentences, the problem of intonation education is found out.

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A Hybrid Focus Method Using Multiple Laser Slits (다중 레이저 슬릿광을 이용한 하이브리드 초점 방법)

  • Shin Y.S.;Kim G.B.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.706-709
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    • 2005
  • A hybrid focus method with multiple laser slits has been newly proposed and it is based on the integration of DFD and DFF Rough depth information is estimated using DFD equipped with multiple laser slits, and then DFF is applied to only each specific depth range using the depth information resulting from DFD. The proposed hybrid method gives more accurate results than DFD and DFF, and faster measurement than DFF. Its performance has been verified through experiments of calibration blocks with sharp depth discontinuity.

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The study on X-ray generation in the Coaxial Plasma focus Device (동축 플라즈마 집속장치에서의 x-선 방출에 관한 연구)

  • 엄영현
    • Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1989.02a
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    • pp.65-69
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    • 1989
  • Mather type dense plasma focus device was develooped for the feasibili쇼 study in its application to the x-ray lithography. To etermine the electrical characteristics,the temporal begavior of the discharge current and the voltage was measured by using the Rogowski coil and the high voltage probe respectively. The results are 9 $\mu\textrm{s}$ of the period, 18m$\Omega$ of resistance and 0.16$\mu$Η of inductance. The average current sheath velocity was measured by the light signal emitted at the moving plasma sheath. The light signal was detected through two fiber bundles. When the applied voltage was 13 kV and the initial jpressure of argon was 21.8 Pa, the best plasma focus was occurred. The x-ray emission characteristics from the plasma focus was determined by the x-ray pictures taken by pinhole camera. It is focus that the plasma was focused at 1.4 cm distant position above the center electrode and its diameter was about 1.0 m.

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The Effects of Firms' Foreign Market Focus on the Bias of Analysts' Earnings Forecasts: Focusing on CEO Characteristics (기업의 해외시장 집중화가 애널리스트 성과예측정보에 미치는 영향: 최고경영자 특성의 조절효과)

  • Cho, Hyejin;Ahn, He Soung
    • Knowledge Management Research
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.195-213
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    • 2019
  • This paper investigates the effects of firms' foreign market focus on the optimistic bias of analysts' earnings forecasts. Based on a sample of 852 U.S. manufacturing firms between 1994 and 2015, our empirical results suggest that higher growth of foreign market focus is associated with greater levels of analysts' forecast optimism. Drawing on the CEO career horizon and the upper echelon theory literature, we find evidence that CEOs' career horizon and functional background as a CFO moderates the relationship between the growth rate of foreign market focus and analysts' forecast optimism. This shows that while financial analysts perceive internationalization strategies as signaling growth potential, such perception can vary depending on CEOs' individual characteristics.

Analyzing Construction Workers' Recognition of Hazards by Estimating Visual Focus of Attention

  • Fang, Yihai;Cho, Yong K.
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.248-251
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    • 2015
  • High injury and fatality rates remain a serious problem in the construction industry. Many construction injuries and fatalities can be prevented if workers can recognize potential hazards and take actions in time. Many efforts have been devoted in improving workers' ability of hazard recognition through various safety training and education methods. However, a reliable approach for evaluating this ability is missing. Previous studies in the field of human behavior and phycology indicate that the visual focus of attention (VFOA) is a good indicator of worker's actual focus. Towards this direction, this study introduces an automated approach for estimating the VFOA of equipment operators using a head orientation-based VFOA estimation method. The proposed method is validated in a virtual reality scenario using an immersive head mounted display. Results show that the proposed method can effectively estimate the VFOA of test subjects in different test scenarios. The findings in this study broaden the knowledge of detecting the visual focus and distraction of construction workers, and envision the future work in improving work's ability of hazard recognition.

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Consumers' Channel Selection Behavior Based on Psychological Distance Cue: Regulatory-Focus as Moderator

  • Jungyeon Sung;Sangcheol Park
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • v.29 no.2
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    • pp.248-267
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    • 2019
  • As merging online and offline channels into one single platform, individuals could easily and frequently switch between online and offline channels. In order for understanding such unique behaviors, this study attempts to explore why and how consumers choose their channels to search and purchase a product. We have drawn on multiple theories that have been used to explain individuals' judgment and decision making (i.e., construal level theory and regula-tory focus theory) in order to develop and tested two-way ANOVA based models of how both regulatory focus (e.g., promotion vs. prevention) and product types (e.g., experience goods vs. searching goods) including the psychological distance cue separately and jointly affect individuals' channel selection behavior (e.g., intention to use single channel vs. intention to use cross-channels). Our results have indicated that consumers with promotion-focus are more likely to use a single channel in experience goods rather than in searching goods when there exists the psychological cue. Based on our findings, the implication for both research and practice are discussed.

S/W Developer's IT Project Participation: Focusing on the Moderating Role of Regulatory Focus on the Effect of Technology Recency on Participation Intention (S/W개발자의 IT 프로젝트 참여 의도 연구: 조절초점에 따른 프로젝트 기술 최신성의 효과를 중심으로)

  • Park, Yohan;Park, Do-Hyung
    • Knowledge Management Research
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.45-63
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    • 2017
  • In the success of an IT project, the role of S/W developer in carrying out the project is critical and crucial. However, compared to its importance, there is only a few studies on the role of human resources in software engineering field, mainly focusing on technology. Based on regulatory focus theory, this study examines how the effect of technology recency on developer's intention to participate in the IT project changes depending on the regulatory focus of the software developer. As a result of the experiment, it was confirmed that there is a difference in the effect of technology recency on project participation intention according to the condition of developer's regulatory focus. This study is meaningful because it extends regulatory focus theory to software engineering field and made theoretical contribution to the research field of behavioral software engineering. In practical, it was possible to suggest a way to improve the intention of the developer to participate in the project, by understanding the software developer in the IT project, considering the software developer propensity and project characteristics.