• 제목/요약/키워드: Global Renaissance

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THE RENAISSANCE REVISITED: FROM A SILK ROAD PERSPECTIVE

  • KIM, TSCHUNG-SUN
    • Acta Via Serica
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    • 제3권1호
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    • pp.11-25
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    • 2018
  • The Renaissance is generally said to be the rebirth of the ancient civilizations of Greece and Rome, and was centered around Italy from the 14th to the 16th century. This includes the temporal peculiarity of the Renaissance as a sudden phenomenon after the Medieval Ages, and the spatial peculiarity of what happened only in Europe. However, if we remove the European-centered bias here, the horizon for interpreting the Renaissance becomes much wider. There have been claims that similar cultural phenomena resembling the Renaissance existed in other civilizations at the same time. This paper seeks to investigate two possibilities. The first is the possibility of a spatial expansion of the Renaissance. This suggests that the Renaissance was created by long-term exchanges with the Eastern, Middle and Western Hemispheres. The second is the possibility of a simultaneity of the Renaissance in the 14th and 16th centuries. This suggests that it was a global phenomenon that occurred in different civilizations. The Renaissance, therefore, was a crystallization of a complex of civilizations created by the crossing of various cultures along the Silk Road, and should be referred to as the 'Global Renaissance' instead of the 'Western Renaissance.'

Regional Renaissance and Rejuvenated Civilization in Japan for Sustainable Development and Global Innovation: Focusing on the Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration's Context

  • Miyakawa, Yasuo
    • World Technopolis Review
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.1.1-1.34
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    • 2017
  • This paper aims to illuminate the role of serial context among industry, academia and government, taking much care of the role of society and community in the sustainable regional planning and practice. This paper is composed of five chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects. In In chapter 1, we give the little long introduction of the time of mutation and significance of locus that explains the conceptual background and framework of this paper. In chapter 2, we elaborate on the mutation and metamorphosis of structural, social, and natural changes in the world and especially Japan. In chapter 3 and chapter 4, the main chapters of this paper, we describe the evolution of academic town in megalopolis, the revitalization of technopolis, and the creative local culture of the World Heritage for the regional renaissance in Japan. In chaper 5, we conclude this paper. As for this illumination, we should pay more due regards to the locus, orbit and iconography of region to develop better hosting environment and habitat for global innovation of industry-academia-government collaboration's serial contexts through sustainable tourism and tourism sustainability. Especially, at the time of natural and social mutation, we could not look over the heavy and sudden natural unexpected changes, the deep structural social and community changes in Japan, and war and terrorism in Asia on the global scene for sustainable rejuvenation.

GLOBAL DEPLOYMENT OF MITSUBISHI APWR, A GEN-III+ SOLUTION TO WORLD-WIDE NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE

  • Suzuki, Shigemitsu;Ogata, Yoshiki;Nishihara, Yukio;Fujita, Shiro
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제41권8호
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    • pp.989-994
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    • 2009
  • We at Mitsubishi have lined up Gen-III+ solutions for a wide variety of global customers: ATMEA1 of the 1100MWe class, and an APWR with the largest capacity of 1700MWe. In this paper, we would like to introduce the APWR. With an increased requirement for nuclear power generation as an effective countermeasure against global warming, we have established the APWR plant, a large-capacity Mitsubishi standard reactor combining our accumulated experience and technology as an integrated PWR plant supplier. The APWR plant has achieved high reliability, safety and enhanced economy based on a technology that has been developed with the support of the government and utilities through improvement and standardization programs of light water reactors. Currently, Tsuruga Units 3 and 4, the first two APWRs, are undergoing licensing, while we are making efforts to obtain the standard design certification (DC) of US-APWR and preparing for the European Utility Requirements (EUR) compliance assessment of EU-APWR. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) positions the APWR as a core technology that will contribute to the prevention of global warming and meet worldwide requirements.

MANAGING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL FROM NONPROLIFERATION, SECURITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVES

  • Choi, Jor-Shan
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제42권3호
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    • pp.231-236
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    • 2010
  • The growth in global energy demand and the increased recognition of the impacts of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel plants have aroused a renewed interest on nuclear energy. Many countries are looking afresh at building more nuclear power stations to deal with the twin problems of global warming and the need for more generating capacity. Many in the nuclear community are also anticipating a significant growth of new nuclear generation in the coming decades. If there is a nuclear renaissance, will the expansion of nuclear power be compatible with global non-proliferation and security? or will it add to the environmental burden from the large inventory of spent nuclear fuel already produced in existing nuclear power reactors? We learn from past peaceful nuclear activities that significant concerns associated with nuclear proliferation and spent-fuel management have resulted in a decrease in public acceptance for nuclear power in many countries. The terrorist attack in the United States (US) on September 11, 2001 also raised concern for security and worry that nuclear materials may fall into the wrong hands. As we increase the use of nuclear power, we must simultaneously reduce the proliferation, security and environmental risks in managing spent-fuel below where they are today.

The "open incubation model": deriving community-driven value and innovation in the incubation process

  • Xenia, Ziouvelou;Eri, Giannaka;Raimund, Brochler
    • World Technopolis Review
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.11-22
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    • 2015
  • Globalization, increasing technological advancements and dynamic knowledge diffusion are moving our world closer together at a unique scale and pace. At the same time, our rapidly changing society is confronted with major challenges ranging from demographic to economic ones; challenges that necessitate highly innovative solutions, forcing us to reconsider the way that we actually innovate and create shared value. As such the linear, centralized innovation models of the past need to be replaced with new approaches; approaches that are based upon an open and collaborative, global network perspective where all innovation actors strategically network and collaborate, openly distribute their ideas and co-innovate/co-create in a global context utilizing our society's full innovation potential (Innovation 4.0 - Open Innovation 2.0). These emerging innovation paradigms create "an opportunity for a new entrepreneurial renaissance which can drive a Cambrian like explosion of sustainable wealth creation" (Curley 2013). Thus, in order to materialize this entrepreneurial renaissance, it is critical not only to value but also to actively employ this new innovation paradigms so as to derive community-driven shared value that stems from global innovation networks. This paper argues that there is a gap in existing business incubation model that needs to be filled, in that the innovation and entrepreneurship community cannot afford to ignore the emerging innovation paradigms and rely upon closed incubation models but has to adopt an "open incubation" (Ziouvelou 2013). The open incubation model is based on the principles of open innovation, crowdsourcing and co-creation of shared value and enables individual users and innovation stakeholders to strategically network, find collaborators and partners, co-create ideas and prototypes, share their ideas/prototypes and utilize the wisdom of the crowd to assess the value of these project ideas/prototypes, while at the same time find connections/partners, business and technical information, knowledge on start-up related topics, online tools, online content, open data and open educational material and most importantly access to capital and crowd-funding. By introducing a new incubation phase, namely the "interest phase", open incubation bridges the gap between entrepreneurial need and action and addresses the wantpreneurial needs during the innovation conception phase. In this context one such ecosystem that aligns fully with the open incubation model and theoretical approach, is the VOICE ecosystem. VOICE is an international, community-driven innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem based on open innovation, crowdsourcing and co-creation principles that has no physical location as opposed to traditional business incubators. VOICE aims to tap into the collective intelligence of the crowd and turn their entrepreneurial interest or need into a collaborative project that will result into a prototype and to a successful "crowd-venture".

오스만 터키의 복식문화가 유럽복식에 미친 영향 -13세기부터 16세기를 중심으로- (The Influence of Islamic Osman Turk on European Clothing from the 13th to the 16th Century)

  • 주명희
    • 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.29-42
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    • 2000
  • It has long been believed that European clothing style has been developed independently without the Eastern influence. This deductive assumption has limited the understanding about the contents of Eastern clothing style, and there has only been limited studies on the Eastern influence on the European clothing. The lack of understanding and interest made the traditional Eastern influence on the European clothing. The lack of understanding and interest made the traditional Eastern clothing to be considered as merely exotic and relatively unimportant. Therefore, a thorough study and understanding of the contents of the Eastern clothing style and its influence on the western world is very much needed. The objective of this study is to see how the clothing of the Islamic Osman Turk had influenced Europe during the Gothic and Renaissance period and to find the relationship between the development of the East and West clothing style. This study also has the purpose of re-evaluating the importance of the Eastern culture in the present multi-cultural global era of the 21 st century. The most typical clothing of the Osman Turk was kaftan and other traditional clothing included narrow pants and head dress. Through trade, war and other channels, the Turkish influence changed the styles and colors of previous European fashion that can be characterized by the simple designs of tunic and mantle into a dynamic dress culture. Cotehardie adopted the styles of the Turkish kaftan. The new weaving techniques enabled new clothing such as Pourpoint, Houpplelande made of brocade and velvet with elegant patterns come into European fashion. Also, head dresses, which before were not used except for religious reasons were widely worn. As such, Turkish fashion gave significant influence on the development of European clothing style.

PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR FUEL TECHNOLOGY IN KOREA

  • Song, Kun-Woo;Jeon, Kyeong-Lak;Jang, Young-Ki;Park, Joo-Hwan;Koo, Yang-Hyun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제41권4호
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    • pp.493-520
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    • 2009
  • During the last four decades, 16 Pressurized Water Reactors (PWR) and 4 Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors (PHWR) have been constructed and operated in Korea, and nuclear fuel technology has been developed to a self-reliant state. At first, the PWR fuel design and manufacturing technology was acquired through international cooperation with a foreign partner. Then, the PWR fuel R&D by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) has improved fuel technology to a self-reliant state in terms of fuel elements, which includes a new cladding material, a large-grained $UO_2$ pellet, a high performance spacer grid, a fuel rod performance code, and fuel assembly test facility. The MOX fuel performance analysis code was developed and validated using the in-reactor test data. MOX fuel test rods were fabricated and their irradiation test was completed by an international program. At the same time, the PWR fuel development by Korea Nuclear Fuel (KNF) has produced new fuel assemblies such as PLUS7 and ACE7. During this process, the design and test technology of fuel assemblies was developed to a self-reliant state. The PHWR fuel manufacturing technology was developed and manufacturing facility was set up by KAERI, independently from the foreign technology. Then, the advanced PHWR fuel, CANFLEX(CANDU Flexible Fuelling), was developed, and an irradiation test was completed in a PHWR. The development of the CANFLEX fuel included a new design of fuel rods and bundles.. The nuclear fuel technology in Korea has been steadily developed in many national R&D programs, and this advanced fuel technology is expected to contribute to a worldwide nuclear renaissance that can create solutions to global warming.

신규 원전의 시장전망 및 금융조달의 과제와 대안 (Study on Market Prospects, Financing Challenges and Alternative Solutions in New Nuclear Power Projects)

  • Lee, Jang-pyo
    • KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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    • 제2권1호
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    • pp.133-141
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    • 2016
  • 비록 미국에서는 1970년대 중반부터 최근까지 신규 원전프로젝트 건설이 없었지만, 여러 국가에서 주로 에너지 시큐리티와 전력에너지원 다변화 정책의 일환으로 원전의 신규건설이 지속되어 왔다. 금세기 초부터 여러 가지 이유로 원자력 산업은 재부흥이 일어나고 있는 양상이었고, 원전 프로젝트에 대한 투자에 있어서도 민간 금융부문로부터 긍정적인 관심을 불러 일으켰다. 하지만 2008년도의 세계적 금융위기와 이후 이어진 경제발전 둔화는 금융규제와 더불어 주요 파이낸싱의 원천인 상업은행들의 원전 프로젝트에 대한 의욕을 상실케 했다. 반면 원자력 발전의 경제성은 환경적 이득 측면과 비용측면에서 타 전원대비 유리하다는 것을 보여준다. 그리고 기술발전과 강화된 안전관련검사 및 모니터링은 원전의 안전성에 대한 의구심을 많이 완화시켰다. 따라서 원전 시장의 향후 확산에 대한 전망은 상이한 가정별로 비교적 큰 차이가 있지만 긍정적인 편이다. 2009년 12월 한국전력이 UAE원전을 수주하면서부터 원전시장에서의 경쟁은 큰 변화를 겪고 있다. 많은 경쟁자들이 정부의 지원을 등에 업고 새로운 원전 프로젝트를 수주하기 위해 공격적이고 새로운 파이낸싱 패키지를 가지고 시장에 진출하고 있다. 본 논문은 신규원전 시장의 전망, 원전의 상대적 경쟁력, 리스크 관리방안, 파이낸싱의 과제들을 분석하고 신규원전 수주 경쟁력 제고를 위한 대안들을 제시하고자 한다.

정조시대의 호모 루덴스로 고찰하는 K-서비스 연구 (A Study on the K-service Considering Homo Ludens in the Era of King JeongJo)

  • 전혜정;이영관
    • 산업진흥연구
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    • 제8권3호
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    • pp.125-136
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    • 2023
  • 본 연구는 정조시대의 놀이하는 인간을 통해 한국형 놀이·여가 문화를 재조명하고 현대의 서비스문화의 통합성을 밝힘으로써 창조적 서비스 패러다임의 체계를 정립하고자 하였으며, 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 창덕궁 후원의 군신동행을 통해서 정조는 참여자들의 자율과 창의성을 고취시키고 창조적 놀이로서 조선의 르네상스 시대를 이끌었다. 서비스산업의 창조적 놀이는 자유롭게 소통하는 지적 네트워크로 공동의 발전을 실현하는 혁신의 장으로 거듭난다. 둘째, 서비스와 놀이의 가치를 융합하는 예술적 놀이를 환기시키는 회갑 진찬연과 느림의 미학은 언어와 문화를 뛰어넘는 혁신의 언어이다. 예술적 놀이는 절대적인 아름다움과 미적 감수성을 기반으로 세계인들과 즐거움과 행복을 나누는 소통의 통로가 된다. 셋째, 모든 이를 존엄하게 대하는 정조는 조선의 휴머니스트였다. 이러한 인본주의 이념은 인간에게 특유의 신성한 성질이 있다고 믿는 인본주의적 종교로 이어진다. 종교적 놀이를 매개로 하는 K-서비스는 서비스의 모든 참여자가 성스럽고 고귀함을 경험하면서 치유와 행복으로의 전환점을 가진다. 본고는 놀이와 서비스를 접목하여 새로운 패러다임을 제시함으로써 선봉적인 서비스문화를 개척하고, 한민족 정체성에 뿌리를 두고 있는 K-서비스 연구를 통해 글로벌 비즈니스에서 독창적인 영역을 구축할 수 있는 토대를 마련했다는 데에 학문적·실무적 시사점이 있다.