• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.139-145
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• 2019

This study examines the dynamic linkages between food price inflation and its volatility in the context of Sri Lanka. The empirical evidence derived from the monthly data for the period from 2003M1 to 2017M12 for Sri Lanka. The relationship between inflation rate and inflation volatility has attracted more attention by theoretical and empirical macroeconomists. Empirical studies on the relationship between food inflation and food inflation variability is scarce in the literature. Food price inflation is defined as log difference of food price series. The volatility of a food price inflation is measured by conditional variance generated by the FIGARCH model. Preliminary analysis showed that food inflation is stationary series. Granger causality test reveals that food inflation seems to exert positive impact on inflation variability. We find no evidence for inflation uncertainty affecting food inflation rates. Hence, the findings of the study supports the Friedman-Ball hypothesis in both cases of consumer food price inflation and wholesale food price inflation. This implies that past information on food inflation can help improve the one-step-ahead prediction of food inflation variability but not vice versa. Our results have some important policy implications for the design of monetary policy, food policy thereby promoting macroeconomic stability.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.651-658
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• 2018

We comprehensively investigated the wrinkles of a stiff layer covering a spherical void embedded in a rubber matrix after the void experienced inflation or contraction. We developed an easy experimental way to realize the inflation and contraction of the voids. The inflation took place in a void right beneath the surface of the matrix and the contraction happened in a void at the bottom of the rubber matrix. In the inflation, the wrinkle at the center of the deformation was random, and the pattern propagated into rabyrinthine, herringbone, and then oriented parallel lines as the position was away from the center of the inflation to the edge. The cracks were concentric, which were perpendicular to the parallel wrinkled pattern. In the contraction, the wrinkle was simply concentric around the surface of the void without any crack. The cracks were found only near the center of the deformation. The strain distribution in the stiff layer after the inflation and contraction was theoretically analyzed with simulations that were in excellent agreement with the experimental results.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제55권5호
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• pp.524-532
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• 2022

We investigated the effects of taurine-enriched rotifers on larval growth and swim bladder inflation of yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata. Rotifers were enriched with a commercial taurine supplement at two levels (0 and 800 mg/L). The larvae (initial notochord length=3.98±0.24 mm) were fed the enriched rotifers in triplicate from two days post-hatch for five days. The average taurine contents of the taurine non-enriched and enriched rotifers were 0.35±0.01 and 4.77±0.05 mg/g dry matter, respectively. The weight gain and specific growth rate of the fish fed enriched rotifers with the taurine supplement at 800 mg/L significantly improved compared with those of fish fed rotifers without taurine enrichment (P<0.05). The swim bladder inflation rate of larvae fed taurine enriched rotifers significantly (P<0.05). The results of the present study indicate that yellowtail larvae benefit from taurine concentrations compared with those typically reported to feed on non-taurine supplemented rotifers. Furthermore, taurine-enriched food for fish larval effectively improved the growth performance and swim bladder inflation of yellowtail larvae.

• 기술사
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.21-25
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• 2011

Food sovereignty is the right of peoples to healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods, and their right to define their own food and agriculture systems. An increase in the price of food that occurs as a result of increased demand from human consumption and use as an alternative energy resource. Furthermore, agflation, a combination of the words "agriculture" and "inflation", will also affect non-vegetative foods as the price increases for grain will make livestock feed more expensive as well. Food sovereignty implies new social relations free of oppression and inequality between men and women, peoples, racial groups, social classes and generations.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.347-353
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• 2022

외식업은 소비자의 수요가 많고 진입장벽이 낮아 창업이 활발하게 일어난다. 하지만 외식업은 폐업률이 높고, 프랜차이즈의 경우 동일 브랜드 내에서도 매출 편차가 크게 나타난다. 따라서 외식업 프랜차이즈의 폐업을 방지하기 위한 연구가 필요하다. 이를 위해, 본 연구에서는 프랜차이즈 가맹점 매출에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 살펴보고, 도출된 요인들에 머신러닝 기법을 활용하여 프랜차이즈의 성패를 예측하고자 한다. 강남구 프랜차이즈 매장의 PoS(Point of Sale) 데이터와 공공데이터를 활용하여 가맹점 매출에 영향을 미치는 여러 요인들을 추출하고, VIF(Variance Inflation Factor)를 활용하여 다중공산성을 제거하여 타당성 있는 변수 선택을 진행한 뒤, 머신러닝 기법 중 분류모델을 활용하여 프랜차이즈 매장의 성패 예측을 진행한다. 이를 통해 최고 정확도 0.92를 가진 프랜차이즈 성패 예측 모델을 제안한다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.770-775
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• 1994

포장김치의 유통기간 연장과 관련하여 저장은도(0, 10, $20^{\circ}C$)별로 발효가스 압력변화와 PH, 총산합량, 색상 및 관능적 품질변화를 측정하여 그 상관관계를 검토하였다. 발효가스압력은 각 온도에서 모두 일정 정체기틀 갖은 후 S자형으로 증가하는 경향을 나타내었으며, 저장 중 가스압력이 중가함에 따라 $20^{\circ}C$에서는 40시간, $10^{\circ}C$에서는 5일,$0^{\circ}C$에서는 30일 이후부터 포장이 팽대하기 시작하였다. 이때의 각 포장구 내루압력은 $1.2{\sim}1.4\;psig$ 범위였고 이후 가스압력이 계속 증가하여 $20^{\circ}C$에서 저장 3일째, $10^{\circ}C$에서 저장 8일째에 포장이 파열되었으나$0^{\circ}C$에서는 파열되지 않았다. 또한 가스압력이 증가할수록 pH는 비례적으로(r>0.968) 감소하였으며, 총산 함량은 비례적으로(r>0.973) 중가하였다. 김치액상의 색변화에서 L과 b값은 지수적으로 감소하였으나 a값은 서서히 증가하였고, 김치 숙성과 관련있는 색지수$(L{\cdot}b/a)$도 저장중 지수적으로 감소하였다. 관능검사 결과, 신맛온 pH가 감소함에 따라 증가하였고 조직감은 점차 감소하였으며, 전체 기호도는 $20^{\circ}C$에서 저장 2일후에 가장 높았다가 5일후부터 현저히 낮아졌고, $10^{\circ}C$에서는 저장 5일후에 가장 기호도가 높았으며, $0^{\circ}C$에서는 24일까지 전체 기호도가 증가하다가 그 이후에 서서히 감소하였다. 결론적으로 저장온도가 높을수록 저장기간 중 김치 자체는 상미를 유지함에도 불구하고 포장이 팽대되는 현상이일어나므로서 상품성을 잃는 결과를 초래하였다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.285-291
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• 1996

소포장 김치의 팽창 파열방지 포장기법으로서 각 포장방법의 효과를 평가하기 위해 겨울 배추를 원료로 제조한 김치 에 대하여 포장방법 에 따른 품질변화를 확인하였다. 상압(AP), 배기(CV), 이중(DP), 진공(VP) 등으로 포장방법을 달리하여 김치의 품질변화를 관찰한 결과, 저장기간이 증가함에 따라 AP와 CV의 포장내$O_2$ 농도는 지수적으로 감소하고 $CO_2$, 농도는 선형으로 증가하다가 일정해졌다. DP에서 $O_2$ 농도는 감소 후 증가, $CO_2$ 농도는 증가 후 감소하는 양상을 보였으며 VP는 저장말기에 저농도 $O_2$와 고농도 $CO_2$ 일정하게 유지하는 등 각기 다른 경향을 나타내었다 포장내 자유용적은 AP에서 S자 곡선형으로 증가하였으나 CV와 DP는 거의 일정하였고 VP는 저장중기 이후 급격히 증가하기 시작하여 가장 높은 최중 용적량을 나타내었다. 각포장구의 pH는유의차 없이 대부분 비슷하였으나 산도는 DP가 다른 포장구에 비해 상대적으로 약간 높은 값을 유지하였다. 분쇄 김치 여과액의 색지수는 지수적으로 감소하다가 일정하게 유지되는 경향을 보였는데, 포장방법에 따른 차이는 거의 구분할 수 없었으나 VP가 다소 높게 나타탔다. 젖산균수의 변화에 있어서도 포장방법에 관계없이 저장초기 급격히 증가하여 중기 이후 일정하였다. 관능검사 결과 전반적으로 신맛이나 조직감은 각 포장구에서 유의차를 볼 수 없었다 결론적으로 김치의 팽창 파열방지 포장기 법으로서 배기포장과 이중포장이 매우 효과적이며 제한적 범위 내에서 진공포장도 상당히 효과적임을 알 수 있었다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.109-116
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• 2016

Purpose - This study investigates the purchase pattern relating to soybean products in Korea. Specifically, the effect of branding based on a regional name was analyzed in terms of consumer purchase frequencies. The primary purpose of this study is to understand why family characteristics affect product selection for a regional brand in the soybean food category. Research design, data, and methodology - We used data collected by the Rural Development Administration (RDA) of Korea. The RDA has monitored agricultural food consumers for years in order to obtain purchase records. Panel participants live in regions near the capital city of Seoul, Korea. Examining data from January 2010 to May 2016, 667 families were selected for analysis. The final data set was 1,335,402. Each purchase item by each individual family was aggregated to a countable weekly observation. To analyze the data set quantitatively, zero-inflation regression was adopted, which was appropriate to avoid biases from overly dispersed observations. Results - We hypothesized the effects of regional branding from the viewpoint of the family characteristics. The first hypothesis was that the number of children would be positively associated with the purchase of a regional brand of soybean products. The result strongly supported this hypothesis. The second hypothesis was that the number of family members would be negatively associated with the purchase of the soybean products of a regional brand. Based on empirical analysis, we concluded that this hypothesis was partially supported. The third hypothesis was the presence of an interaction effect between the number of children and the family size, which was supported by the results. As a supplementary analysis, we also tested mean-variance differences in terms of categories and regional branding with corporate branding. Conclusion - The results of this study provide insights for regional branding strategies in agricultural food management. This study appears to be one of the seminal studies trying to analyze purchase patterns from longitudinal observations. In addition, this study adopted variables characterizing family lifestyle. This study confirmed that children and family size should be considered when soybean product brands are introduced.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.755-763
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to select market variables that a foodservice company should consider when expanding overseas and to regional market analysis by variables. Twenty-three different variables were derived from 17 previous studies. These were: population, urbanization rate, women employed, enrollment in tertiary education, gross domestic product, value added by service, total number of mobile cellular telephone subscribers, number of internet users, total Asian highway, inward foreign direct investment, total service imports, inflation rate, international tourist arrivals, energy use by industry, growth rates of the food consumer price index, access to urban sanitation, per capita total expenditure on health, male life expectancy at birth, adult literacy rate, contributing women family workers, passenger car, and country risk assessment. The selected variables were collected as secondary data from the UN, Asian Development Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and Michigan State University.

• Tribology and Lubricants
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.52-58
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• 2014

Because food crops serve as the raw materials for biodiesel, the increasing use of biodiesel as an alternative fuel can lead to adverse effects such as food price inflation and may contribute to global starvation. To solve these problems, efforts are being made to explore various nonedible raw materials for producing biodiesel. Different raw materials impart different fuel characteristics to biodiesel. In this study, we synthesized pure fatty acid methyl ester (FAME), which is a biodiesel component, and then analyzed its fuel properties. The fuel properties of pure FAME would be useful in producing biodiesel from various new raw materials.