• 제목/요약/키워드: Financial pressure

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다문화가정 남편의 부부갈등에 대한 질적연구 - 결정적 사건, 전개 및 대처를 중심으로 - (A Qualitative Study on Husbands' Experience in Marital Conflict in Multicultural Families - Focused on Critical Incident, Development and Coping -)

  • 장은경;류진아
    • 농촌지도와개발
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    • 제22권2호
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    • pp.117-133
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    • 2015
  • This study explored at marital conflict in multicultural families, a type of families formed through international marriages, from husbands perspectives. For the purpose of this study, in-depth interviews were used with husbands in multicultural families to ask about marital conflict, and then, conducted a qualitative case analysis. In summary, results of this study are as follows; First, among the decisive events that husbands in multicultural families often experienced in marital conflict with their wives were disrespect toward husbands and parents-in-law, husbands with a low level of trust, feelings of pressure due to financial support for wives' families and children and lack of practical sense about marriage. Second, development of marital conflict that husbands often experienced included aggravated cultural conflict between a couple and between members of the family, difficulty in managing blame and anger, signs of separation or divorce and wives leaving home and limitations in conversation and communication. Third, as to how husbands tried to deal with marital conflict, they tried to be patient and comfort wives, engage in economic activities together, find something that they could focus on, turn to religion or gatherings, use service from government organizations, have trust and develop rules and limit the range of their wives activities.

Research on the Operational Performance of ISO 14000-Certified Taiwan's Manufacturers

  • Chung, Yi-Chan;Tsai, Chih-Hung;Hsu, Yau-Wen
    • International Journal of Quality Innovation
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.24-34
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    • 2005
  • This research topic evaluates the effectiveness and importance of environmental protection in the 21st century in light of the increasing demand on the earth's natural resources and the pressures on economic and industrial development to provide dynamic power. As the world and our fellow citizens become more conscious of environmental protection, companies are under greater pressure whilst pursuing economic growth. Therefore, domestic manufacturers have been devoting efforts to promote environmental management. This research conducts survey using questionnaires on the operational performance of the manufacturers who have ISO 14000 series accreditation and certification. The survey considers five dimensions/functions within a manufacturer, financial management, human resources management, production management, and marketing management. A total of 35 indices are used for analysis of the effects that the location, history, industry, number of employees, amount of capital, and revenue may have on the performance. This research targets the manufacturers approved of ISO 14000 series certification by Environment Administration Association. The statistical methods deployed are descriptive statistics, T-test, and single factor analysis of variance used for analysis. The conclusions reveal that a certain level of performance has been achieved in every dimension. After T-test, all the indices have reached a significant level. The indications are that ISO 14001 benefits all manufacturers the level of benefits however varies from company to company.

준지도 학습 및 신경망 알고리즘을 이용한 전기가격 예측 (Electricity Price Prediction Based on Semi-Supervised Learning and Neural Network Algorithms)

  • 김항석;신현정
    • 대한산업공학회지
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    • 제39권1호
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    • pp.30-45
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    • 2013
  • Predicting monthly electricity price has been a significant factor of decision-making for plant resource management, fuel purchase plan, plans to plant, operating plan budget, and so on. In this paper, we propose a sophisticated prediction model in terms of the technique of modeling and the variety of the collected variables. The proposed model hybridizes the semi-supervised learning and the artificial neural network algorithms. The former is the most recent and a spotlighted algorithm in data mining and machine learning fields, and the latter is known as one of the well-established algorithms in the fields. Diverse economic/financial indexes such as the crude oil prices, LNG prices, exchange rates, composite indexes of representative global stock markets, etc. are collected and used for the semi-supervised learning which predicts the up-down movement of the price. Whereas various climatic indexes such as temperature, rainfall, sunlight, air pressure, etc, are used for the artificial neural network which predicts the real-values of the price. The resulting values are hybridized in the proposed model. The excellency of the model was empirically verified with the monthly data of electricity price provided by the Korea Energy Economics Institute.

Risk of Material Misstatement in the Stage of Audit Planning: Empirical Evidence from Vietnamese Listed Enterprises

  • NGUYEN, Hoan;NGO, Thi Kieu Trang;LE, Thi Tam
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • 제7권3호
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    • pp.137-148
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate factors influencing risk assessment of material misstatement in Vietnamese enterprises listed on stock market. Expert interview method was conducted to discover the scales for three variables including information system, trademark, and risk assessment of material misstatement. Survey method was used to examine the impacts of eight factors on risk assessment of material misstatement. Data is collected from 317 auditors who have excellent experience in auditing financial statements of companies listed on stock market. Then, data is processed by descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, factor extracted analysis, correlative regression analysis, and analysis variance of residual change. The research findings showed that business characteristic, stakeholder pressure, and economic environment have positive relationships with risk assessment of material misstatement. Three variables including operation control and monitor, control environment, and information system negatively affect to risk assessment. Specially, business characteristic and information system, which are elements in internal control, have strongest impact on risk assessment. One the other hand, assessment of internal control plays an important role not only in the audit plan stage but also throughout the stages of the audit implementation and ending. Therefore, appropriate solutions are proposed to carry out all audit stages.

디지털방송에서의 지역 신문 콘텐츠 수용에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Reception of Local Newspaper Contents on Digital Broadcast)

  • 오종서
    • 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국콘텐츠학회 2007년도 추계 종합학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.687-690
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    • 2007
  • 다채널 다매체의 디지털방송 환경은 오랫동안 무관의 제왕으로 언론영역에서 군림하고 있던 신문 기자들에게 적지 않은 위기감과 중압감을 안겨 주고 있다. 종이 신문의 판매 부수는 급감하고 있으며, 신문사들은 저마다 생존전략을 위해 영상매체로 돌아서고 있다. 더욱이 조중동을 제외한 지역 신문사의 경영난은 그 심각성을 더해가고 있다. 하지만, 콘텐츠의 절대 부족에 시달리는 디지털 방송매체에 있어 신문 콘텐츠의 제공은 희소식이 아닐 수 없다. 본 연구는 지역신문매체가 디지털방송의 치열한 마켓 플래이스에서 살아남기 위한 전략적 접근방법은 무엇인지에 대한 것이다. 지역성을 넘어서 온라인 저널리즘으로서의 가치 있는 신문 콘텐츠의 활용방안에 대하여 논의하고자 한다.

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기혼취업자의 여가제약유형에 따른 여가활동참여의 차이 (Differences in Leisure Participation by Types of Leisure Constraints for Married employees)

  • 김외숙;박은정
    • 가족자원경영과 정책
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.241-263
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    • 2013
  • Time pressure and financial burden have been reported as the main constraints on leisure participation. The purpose of this study was to explore a typology of leisure constraints, investigate the characteristics of leisure constraint types, and analyze the differences in leisure participation by the types of leisure constraints for married employees. The data source for this research was the 2009 Time Use Survey conducted by the Korea National Statistical Office (KNSO). Married employees aged 20 to 59 years completed 13,476 time diaries (7,984 for male, 5,492 for female), which were analyzed using chi-square, cluster analysis, and ANOVA analysis. Leisure constraints were classified into five types in two categories, working time per week and personal income for both males and females respectively. The three types for both males and females were time-income constraints, income constraints, and general constraints, with an additional type for men, $time^+$-income constraints, and an additional type for women, time constraint. The most common type was general constraints, for both males and females. Each type was further differentiated by the following socio-economic variables: age, educational level, job type, and weekly day-off. The study found that participation in study, sports, and religious activities varied with the types of leisure constraints.

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음주 감소를 위한 정책방향 (Policies to Reduce Alcohol Consumption)

  • 이원재
    • 보건교육건강증진학회지
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    • 제13권2호
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    • pp.97-114
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    • 1996
  • Recently, attention for health promotion is rising. Alcohol is widely consumed among adults. About 1/3 of people 15 years of older enjoy drinking alcohol. Some 80% of them drink a half or more bottle of soju each time. Regular excessive drinking of alcohol may cause various problems. WHO(1990) reported that social problems such as divorce, unemployment, and financial difficulties ; psychological problems such as melancholy, suicide, and drug abuse ; physical problems such as cirrhosis, lung cancer, high blood pressure, stroke, and sterilization. The patients with liver disease are estimated to be 628,000. Approximately, 12,000 persons are dying by chronic liver disease and cirrhosis each year. Among the people of 15 years or older, persons dependent on alcohol are estimated to be 1,480,000. This study suggests policies to reduce the consumption of alcohol for planning for health promotion. Limitations of sites and times of sales and designation of sellers, designation of sites prohibiting drinking, limitation of alcohol sales promotion, and restrictions on advertisement can be inaugurated. Increase of price through the raise of tax and taxation of promotion cost. Education of high risk groups such as soldiers, pregnant women, and the youth can be introduced. Provision of alternative socialization programs instead of drinking. Some approaches on target groups were suggested.

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Determinants of Corporate R&D Investment: An Empirical Study Comparing Korea's IT Industry with Its Non-IT Industry

  • Lee, Myeong-Ho;Hwang, In-Jeong
    • ETRI Journal
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    • 제25권4호
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    • pp.258-265
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    • 2003
  • In our study, we extracted the market, finance, and government factors determining R&D investment of individual firms in the IT industry in Korea. We collected the financial data of 515 individual firms belonging to IT and non-IT industries between 1980 and 1999 from the Korea Investors Service's database and investigated the empirical relationship between the factors using an ordinary regression model, a fixed effects model, and a random effects model. The main findings of our study are as follows: i) The Herfindahl Index variable representing the degree of market concentration is statistically insignificant in explaining R&D expenditures in the IT manufacturing industry. ii) Assets, which is used as a proxy variable for firm size, have a positive and statistically significant coefficient. These two results suggest that the Schumpeterian Hypothesis may be only partially applied to the IT manufacturing industry in Korea. iii) The dividend variable has a negative value and is statistically significant, indicating that a tendency of high dividends can restrict the internal cash flow for R&D investment. iv) The sales variable representing growth potential shows a positive coefficient. v) The subsidy as a proxy variable for governmental R&D promotion policies is positively correlated with R&D expenditure. This suggests that government policy has played a significant role in promoting R&D activities of IT firms in Korea since 1980. vi) Using a dummy variable, we verified that firms reduced their R&D investments to secure sufficient liquidity under the restructuring pressure during Korea's 1998 and 1999 economic crisis.

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뇌졸중환자의 재활의료실태 (The Status of Medical Rehabilitation of the CVA Patients)

  • 김미란
    • 대한임상전기생리학회지
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    • 제2권2호
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    • pp.61-76
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    • 2004
  • This research tries to find out the methods to enhance the rehabilitation ability of Cerebro Vascular Accident(CVA) patients and their family members. For this purpose, the authors identify the factors that may affect the medical rehabilitation process as well as the rehabilitation itself. Furthermore, the current status of the rehabilitation ability and the desires of CVA patients and their family members are surveyed in this research. The results of this research are as follows: Firstly, the surveyed CVA patients, most of whom are over fifties in the age, have cerebral infection and hemorrhage in a numerical order. The survey showed that the larger cities they live in, the more CVA occur to them. Secondly, the survey for the treatment cost demonstrated that the lower are their living level and their education level, the more pressure is put on the CVA patients and their family. The statistical data proved this conclusion is reasonable. Thirdly, as for the safisfaction for the rehabilitation treatment, the statistical survey showed that it is directly proportional to their financial income. Moreover, those who have lower income generally want the rehabilitation services from a public health center. On the other hand, those who have higher income want the home therapy services.

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고온 나노임프린트 장비용 핫플레이트의 열제어에 대한 수치모사 (NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF THERMAL CONTROL OF A HOT PLATE FOR THERMAL NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY MACHINES)

  • 박규진;곽호상;신동원;이재종
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전산유체공학회 2007년도 춘계 학술대회논문집
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    • pp.153-158
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    • 2007
  • Since the introduction of Nanoimprint in the mid-1990s, Nanoimprint lithography, a low-cost, non-convential method, has been the dominant lithography technology that guarantees high-throughput patterning of nanostructures. Based on the mechanical embossing mechanism, Nanoimprint lithography creates the nanopatterns on the polymer material cast on the substrate. In essence, the process needs nanofabrication equipment for printing with the adequate control of temperature, pressure and control of parallels of the stamp and substrate. This article introduce the possibility and reality of the thermal control on the hot plate using a CFD code. Numerical computation has been conducted for assessing the feasibility of a hot plate($120{\times}120\;mm2$). PID control is adopted to ensure high temperature uniformity in several zones. Parallel experiments have also been performed for verifying thermal performance. Not only show the results the optimum number of thermocouples related to controllers but also suggest that the thermal simulation using a CFD code would be an alternative method to design and develop the thermal control equipment in the financial aspect.

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