• East Asian Economic Review
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.243-269
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• 2023

The multidimensional poverty index is an indicator system established for defining and evaluating poverty, to understand poverty in dimensions beyond just monetary scarcity. Based on income, education, health, living standards, and social dimensions, this article measures and analyzes the level of multidimensional poverty in Xinjiang using the AlkireFoster method, with cross-sectional data obtained from a 2022 survey. Probit model is constructed for regression analysis, further considering the impact of education on enhancing feasible capabilities and alleviating multidimensional poverty at the post-poverty alleviation era. The data shows that many people still face significant challenges from the perspective of multidimensional poverty; the decomposition results of each dimension show that education contributes more to the multidimensional poverty; the regression analysis results show that the higher the education level, the lower the multidimensional poverty; heterogeneity analysis revealed that the inhibitory effect of education on multidimensional poverty is greater for females than males, and the poverty reduction effect of education mainly concentrates on middle-aged and older individuals. This article is meaningful for exploring strategies to alleviate multidimensional poverty in ethnic minority regions in frontier areas in the new era, accelerating regional economic development, and achieving shared prosperity.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.1090-1100
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• 2024

While the incorporating ESG indicator is recognized as crucial for sustainability and increased firm value, inconsistent disclosure of ESG data and vague assessment standards have been key challenges. To address these issues, this study proposes an ambiguous text-based automated ESG rating strategy. Earnings Call Transcript data were classified as E, S, or G using the Refinitiv-Sustainable Leadership Monitor's over 450 metrics. The study employed advanced natural language processing techniques such as BERT, RoBERTa, ALBERT, FinBERT, and ELECTRA models to precisely classify ESG documents. In addition, the authors computed the average predicted probabilities for each label, providing a means to identify the relative significance of different ESG factors. The results of experiments demonstrated the capability of the proposed methodology in enhancing ESG assessment criteria established by various rating agencies and highlighted that companies primarily focus on governance factors. In other words, companies were making efforts to strengthen their governance framework. In conclusion, this framework enables sustainable and responsible business by providing insight into the ESG information contained in Earnings Call Transcript data.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2024

The fundamental frequency (f0), representing an acoustic measure of vocal fold vibration, serves as an indicator of the speaker's emotional state and language-specific pattern in daily conversations. This study aimed to examine the f0 distribution in an English corpus of spontaneous speech, establishing normative data for American speakers. The corpus involved 40 participants engaging in free discussions on daily activities and personal viewpoints. Using Praat, f0 values were collected filtering outliers after removing nonspeech sounds and interviewer voices. Statistical analyses were performed with R. Results indicated a median f0 value of 145 Hz for all the speakers. The f0 values for all speakers exhibited a right-skewed, pointy distribution within a frequency range of 216 Hz from 75 Hz to 339 Hz. The female f0 range was wider than that of males, with a median of 113 Hz for males and 181 Hz for females. This spontaneous speech corpus provides valuable insights for linguists into f0 variation among individuals or groups in a language. Further research is encouraged to develop analytical and statistical measures for establishing reliable f0 standards for the general population.

• 한국간호교육학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.82-95
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• 2024

Purpose: This study aimed to identify the needs for the managerial competencies of nurse managers in general hospitals. Methods: A cross-sectional design was used. The participants were 203 nurse managers, 141 head nurses or unit managers, and 62 directors or team managers from 17 general hospitals. Data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire with 42 nursing management competencies and 181 behavioral indicators. Participants rated the importance and performance of each indicator. Data were analyzed using a paired t-test, independent t-test, importance-performance analysis, Borich's needs assessment model, and locus for focus model. Results: In all 42 competencies, importance was rated significantly higher than performance. The head nurses or unit managers had high demands for "human resource development," "performance management," and "information management," while the directors or team managers had high demands for "change management." Competencies in high demand in both groups were "development of nursing standards" and "self-management." Conclusion: Based on the results, it is necessary to select priorities and prepare educational content when developing educational programs to strengthen the nursing management competencies of general hospitals' nurse managers.

• 한국전통조경학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2012

성곽유적(城郭遺蹟)은 대규모의 선적(線的)형태를 지닌 특성으로 인하여 중장기에 걸친 단계적 정비복원 사업이 불가피하다. 이로 인하여 다양한 가치요인에 의한 평가를 통하여 정비복원(整備復元)사업의 대상구간이 설정되어야 함에도 불구하고 그동안 가치평가의 명확한 기준과 방법이 설정된 바가 없었고, 성곽유적의 가치평가를 통하여 정비사업의 범위를 정한 선행의 사례에 있어서도 산성유적과 읍성유적이라는 상이한 환경에 놓여진 두 유형의 평가체계에서 평가항목과 가중치의 설정이 이루어지지 않은 한계를 보이고 있었다. 이러한 한계점을 해결하기 위하여 본 연구는 성곽유적의 우선적이고 현실적으로 진행할 수 있는 정비복원 대상구간의 선정을 위한 가치평가방법론에 대한 접근을 시도하였다는 데서 다음과 같은 의의를 둘 수 있다. 첫째, 성곽유적의 정비복원 대상구간 선정을 위한 가치평가 항목으로 3개의 평가요소(상위지표)와 9개의 평가항목(하위지표)을 도출하였다. 둘째, 전문가 설문을 통한 AHP분석에 의한 평가항목별 상대적 중요도 분석을 실시함으로써 항목별 가중치를 산출하였다. 셋째, 성곽유적 정비복원계획에 있어 산성과 도시읍성의 유형에 따른 세부적인 가치평가의 체계를 마련하였다. 따라서 본 연구는 현재까지 통합적이고 객관적인 가치평가 기준이 부재하였던 성곽유적의 정비복원계획을 수립하는 과정 중 정비복원 대상의 우선순위를 결정함에 있어서 하나의 중요한 판단기준으로 기능할 수 있을 것으로 판단되며, 향후 본 연구에서 도출된 평가체계의 활용 방안에 대한 충분한 연구와 검토가 이루어져야 할 것이다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.191-199
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• 2010

Introduction of Technology-Based Effluent Limitations (TBELs) concepts into Korea requires extensive and through analyses on the expected pollutants reduction effects and the cost factor for the industry side. In addition, the TEBLs should be optimized for the regulatory environments of Korea and be applied in a progressive manner to minimize the undesirable effects. It is also necessary to assess the contribution of each industrial categories's to the pollution of natural water bodies to find the priority of TEBLs application. For these purposes, the pollution loads of various industrial categories were analyzed using risk assessment indicator based on Toxic Weighting Factors (TWFs). First, the TWFs were calculated for the pollutants regulated using the method adopted by USEPA. And the effluent characteristics of the eighty two categories of industry in Korea were investigated. Although the analytical data on the wastewater from different industrial categories are relatively limited, the results from two previous studies were used. The first study, conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Research in 2001~2004, investigated the wastewater characteristics from 255 industrial sources covering the major 20 industrial categories. The second study includes more recent analytical data for the wastewater from 500 industrial sources, covering all the 82 industrial categories. In the result of the pollution loads analyses, the category of 'Synthetic and Chemical manufacture' was found to show the highest raw pollution load. On the other hand the category of 'Ion & Steel manufacture' was found to show the highest effluent pollution loads, which can be considered as the real impacts on natural water streams. The top five categories occupied 62.2% of the total effluent pollution loads. Through the analyses, the relative importances of each industrial categories and the priorities of TEBL-based pollution reduction were determined.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.337-349
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• 2013

본 총설은 논란이 되고 있는 계란 콜레스테롤이 심장질환과 관련성이 없다는 것을 증명하기 위하여 지난 50여 년간의 연구 결과를 조사하였다. 그 결과, 식이로 섭취된 콜레스테롤은 혈액 콜레스테롤 농도에 큰 영향을 미치지 않는 것이 밝혀졌다. 더욱이 고콜레스테롤혈증이 있는 중년 남녀에게 1일 2개의 계란을 더 섭취한 실험에서도 혈액 콜레스테롤이 증가되지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 식이 콜레스테롤 섭취가 증가하면 LDL-콜레스테롤 뿐 아니라, HDL-콜레스테롤도 같이 증가하여 심장질환 위험의 중요 지표인 LDL : HDL 비율은 거의 변화가 없었다. 특히 노인에게서 더 좋은 지표로 밝혀진 HDL-콜레스테롤이 증가하므로, 콜레스테롤 섭취는 심장질환 예방에 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 계란의 섭취는 건강에 나쁘다고 알려진 인식은 사실이 아니며, 오히려 심장질환 예방에 효과적인 것으로 밝혀졌다. 또한, 계란 섭취량에 관한 공식적인 기준도 없는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 이와 같은 증거들은 더 이상 계란에 대한 오해와 불신이 없기를 제안한다.

• 한국토양환경학회지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.127-145
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• 1998

인간의 건강에 관련된 수질이나 대기의 기준설정과는 달리, 토질은 지협적이고 한정적인 토양의 기능과 이와 관련된 환경요소에 근거한다. 적정한 토질평가제도는 안전한 식품을 생산하거나, 인간과 동물의 건강증진, 그리고 토양의 퇴화 과정을 나타내는 토양성능 지표의 역할을 하여야 한다. 이에 필요한 요소는 첫째로 수분이동과 흡착의 용이성, 둘째로 식물생장의 유지, 셋째로 토양의 물리적 붕괴에 대한 저항성, 넷째로 안전한 식품생산 기반이다. 그리고 끝으로 비용 절감 농업관리와 식품생산 요소로서 토양은 토양과 수질의 영역, 식품사슬, 지속성과 효용성, 환경과 경제성을 포함하여야 한다. 토질지표는 기본 골격 내에서 각각의 기능에 대하여 여러 단계로 분리되며, 각각의 지표는 체계의 원칙에 근거하여 다목적 접근방법을 사웅하여 상대적 중요도를 반영하는 우선 순위와 가중치를 정한다. 각각의점수 환산체계는 낮은 단계부터 높은 단계로 또는 0주터 10의 범위에서 여러 단계로 등급화되어야 한다. 그리고 각각의 범위 수치에 가중치를 곱하고 그리고 토양의 여러 가지의 물리화학적 특성이 고려된 종합 토질등급으로 결론지어져야 된다. 토질 평가 방법을 개발하는데 필요한 기본 골격과 과정은 해당 지역의 대체 또는 기존의 농업방식으로 얻어진 정보를 사용함으로서 결정된다. 토질에 있어서 부수적인 과정, 관리방법, 그리고 정책의 효과를 검증하기 위한 확장된 기본골격의 용도 또한 고려되어져야 한다. 이외에도 하나의 가능한 토질지수의 형태를 개발하기 위해서는 토양의 특성과 토양 내로 유입되는 또는 기존의 화학물질을 연계시켜야된다. 이 연구는 토질의 평가 시 고려되어야 될 요소를 찾기 위한 접근 방법을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2010

Technology-Based Effluent Limitations (TBELs) is a permit limits for a pollutant that is based on the capability of a treatment technology to reduce the pollutant to a certain concentration. Widely practiced for regulations of industrial wastewater in US, TBELs has been accepted as an effective means that can achieve balanced goals between complete elimination of pollutants discharge and economic feasibility for industries. The review of TBELs application in US and the applicability of TBELs to the domestic industry categories was given in three papers. In the first paper, the development and practices of TBELs in US were reviewed including case studies. The developments of TBELs in US in the four major categories, the metal products & machinery, the petroleum refining, the porcelain enameling and the meat & poultry products were reviewed. The applicability of TBELs to the domestic industrial categories was also assessed. In the second paper, the pollution loads analysis for domestic industrial wastewater was conducted based on risk assessment indicator using Toxic Weighting Factors (TWFs). This is an essential part to determine the priority of TBELs application for the domestic industrial categories. In the last paper, the application of TBELs to the domestic industries was demonstrated through a case-study for the pulp/paper/paperboard category. Direct application of TBELs of US into the Korean regulation system may not be desirable because the specific goals and the environment for the regulations for the two countries may not be identical. For example, unlike US, Korea does not adopt the individual permit system for pollution sources. However, among the unproductive and exhaustive controversies over the uniform regulations regardless of the industrial categories in Korea, the introduction of the principles of TBELs are inevitable and more extensive study for applications of TBELs optimized for Korean regulation system will be necessary.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.509-514
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• 2015

Indicators of environmental conditions qualitatively and quantitatively describe the state of the environment and natural resources, and the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) has initiated and suggested AEIs (Agri-Environmental Indicators) to assess trends over time of the effects of agriculture on the environment and the effectiveness and efficiency of agricultural and environmental policy measures since 1990's. This study aims to develop the state indicators of water quality for agricultural water, surface and groundwater, to evaluate the environmental impacts of agricultural activities and policies by qualifying the environmental levels of a nation. Status indicators were calculated according to the agricultural water quality standards of OECD and Korea, and their trends were analyzed over time. Particularly, nitrate ($NO_3{^-}$) status indicators of ground water in 2013 were significantly lower than the ones in 2000. Overall, the water quality indicators of surface water in 2013 were higher than the ones in 2012, except for pH and DO. The groundwater quality indicators in 2013 were lower than those of previous years. The optimal management indicators were calculated to assess agricultural surface water and groundwater quality. The findings of this study indicated that the state indicators could play a significant role to establish policies and procedures for managing and conserving water resources. This study also discussed water pollution caused by agricultural and industrial effluents.