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Dense Downtown vs. Suburban Dispersed: A Pilot Study on Urban Sustainability

  • Wood, Antony;Du, Peng
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.113-129
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    • 2017
  • This paper presents the initial findings of a ground-breaking two-year CTBUH-funded research project investigating the real environmental and social sustainability of people's lifestyles in a number of high-rise residential towers in downtown Chicago, and a comparable number of low rise homes in suburban Oak Park, Chicago - based on actual energy bills and other real data. The study is ground-breaking because, to date, similar studies have been mostly based on very large data sets of generalized data regarding whole-city energy consumption, or large-scale transport patterns, which often misses important nuances. This study has thus prioritized quality of real data (based on around 250 households in both high rise and low rise case studies), over quantity. In both urban and suburban cases, the following factors have been assessed: (i) home operational energy use, (ii) embodied energy of the dwelling, (iii) home water consumption, (iv) mobility and transport movements, (v) urban/suburban Infrastructure, and (vi) quality of life. The full results of this seminal study will be published in the form of a CTBUH Research Report publication in 2017. Presented below is an overview of the initial (and, currently, unverified) findings of the research, together with the limitations of the study that should be taken into account, as well as future plans for developing this important pilot study.

The Southern World as a Destination of International Students: an Analysis of 50 Tertiary Education Institutions in Vietnam

  • Pham, Hiep-Hung;Vuong, Quan-Hoang;Dong, Thi-Kieu-Trang;Nguyen, Tien-Trung;Ho, Manh-Toan;Vuong, Thu-Trang;Hoang, Anh-Duc;Nguyen, Mai-Huong
    • Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.24-43
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    • 2021
  • Traditionally, students from the Southern world tend to cross their national borders to study abroad. However, in recent times, we have observed a trend in which more and more students, both full-time and short-term, select Southern countries as destinations for overseas education. This paper contributes to the sparse literature on the above phenomenon, examining the case of Vietnam. We surveyed 50 universities and colleges about their international student profiles (including statistics and nationalities) and their strategies for attracting international students. The findings of this study provide implications for Vietnam's policymakers and university/college leaders and other Southern countries when implementing the internationalization of tertiary education.

Studies on Better Management Skills in Korean Shipping

  • Kim, Jin-Hwan
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.5-13
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    • 2018
  • Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to look into some alternative for Korean shipping to overcome difficult situations in shipping, since then it is economic crisis at the end of 2000s. Research design, data, and methodology - The research method to be adopted is first to review theoretical overview about shipping cycle, and then examine difficult shipping situations and studies management aspect, which is to related to establishment of Korea Shipping Council. Results - The boom and bust situations in shipping market have been identified as result of economic crisis at the end of 2000s. Trade volumes have fallen and shipping tonnage has risen respectively. In practical terms, shipping industry has suffered from difficult situations, following to supply and demand of shipping market, and Korean shipping had to face hard time as well, according to lack of management ability of shipping company. Alternatively, it should be asked shipping forum like Korea Shipping Council. Conclusions - From situations of shipping markets since the end of 2000s, it is strongly asked that every parties got involved in shipping business should understand and share more expertise and knowledge of shipping market, which is finally related to decision- making process in shipping.

A Study on the Citation Impact of International Collaboration Research for 13 Government-supported Research Institutes of Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science and Technology(KRCF) (국제 공동연구의 인용영향력에 대한 연구 - 기초기술연구회 13개 출연연구기관을 대상으로 -)

  • Lee, June-Young;Shim, We;Ahn, Se-Jung;Kwon, Oh-Jin;Noh, Kyung-Ran
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.7 no.6
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    • pp.1353-1362
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    • 2012
  • Many studies have demonstrated that articles from international collaborations are more cited than articles from domestic collaborations. However, difference between the citation impact of international and domestic co-authored papers is supposed to be widened due to the collaboration strategy adopted by individual institute. In short, each institute will show the significantly different citation impact between international and domestic co-authored papers. In this paper, we applied the index of Incremental Ciation Impact(ICI) to identify the different value of citation impact between international and domestic co-authored papers for research institutes of KRCF, results of which will be understood under the strategy of international research collaboration.

A Study on the Prospects of Export Control System Regarding to the Strategic Items (전략물자 수출통제의 현황과 전망에 관한고찰)

  • Oh, Hyon-Sok;Yang, Jung-Ho
    • THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE & LAW REVIEW
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    • v.42
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    • pp.309-335
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    • 2009
  • Over the last several years, regarding to the strategic items, the international community has seen governments make more formal commitments to adopt and implement effective export controls to counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction(WMD). United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540(that is "S/RES/1540") stands as the most important of these commitments. Many UN members already have export control laws and regulations in place to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Many members also participate in a variety of formal and informal international arrangements to coordinate their export control efforts. Nonetheless, each of these countries has its own unique legal framework for export controls. This generates considerable diversity in the construction of the specific national legal authorities. Over the last few years, however, a consensus over what constitutes the key elements of effective legal authorities for export controls has begun to emerge. Evidence for this development comes in the identification of best legal authorities or principles at several multilateral conferences on export controls.

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The Damped Outrigger - Design and Implementation

  • Smith, Rob
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.63-70
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    • 2016
  • The use of outriggers with dampers (the damped outrigger concept) has been shown to be a cost effective method of adding structural damping to a high rise building, and has been described in previous work by the author. This paper further develops the methods used to design such systems and highlights lessons learned in their application. This includes calculation methods, a review of subsequent research from others, and discussions regarding code-compliance.

Challenge in the Structural Design of Suzhou IFS

  • Zhou, Jianlong;Huang, Yongqiang
    • International Journal of High-Rise Buildings
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.165-171
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    • 2021
  • Core-outrigger-mega frame system is used in Suzhou IFS with 95-story, 450 m-tall, which is beyond Chinese code limit. Besides simple introduction on design principle, structure system and analysis, key techniques including performance based design criteria, frame shear ratio, capacity check of mega column, human comfort criteria under wind induced vibration and TSD design were presented in details for reference of similar super tall building design.

Research on Development of Management System for Local Council Assembly Records (지방의회 회의기록물 관리방안 연구 - 대전광역시 유성구 지방의회 사례를 중심으로 -)

  • Hwang, Nan-Hee;Lee, Sung-Sook
    • Journal of Information Management
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    • v.42 no.1
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    • pp.221-244
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    • 2011
  • Many records and documents are produced during the process of functions of local councils such as resolution, monitoring and balancing function, representation for the residents, Such records of local councils have importance in terms of objective basis and standards for local policy building and making. The most essential records among these are those of local councils assembly. The fundamental function of local councils is the assembly of individual members of the council and standing committees. For this, the author firstly reviewed the current management system of local council assembly records focusing on Daejeon Yuseonggu Council and conducted researches and interviews with the officers responsible for record keeping. And finally, the author analyzed such researches and findings. From this analysis, the author discovered the problems in the management of record keeping and suggested the improvement for the systematic management firstly in terms of institutional aspects and secondly in terms of the stages of record keeping and management based on ISO 15489, the international standard for information and documentation, records management.

Theoretical Aspects Of The Organizational And Pedagogical Conditions Of Creative Self-Development Of Distance Learning Students

  • Sydorovska, Ievgeniia;Vakulenko, Olesia;Dniprenko, Vadim;Gutnyk, Iryna;Kobyzhcha, Nataliia;Ivanova, Nataliia
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.5
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    • pp.231-236
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    • 2021
  • The purpose and hypothesis of the article was the need to solve the following research tasks: Analysis of psychological and pedagogical literature on the research problem. To identify and experimentally test the effectiveness of organizational and pedagogical conditions affecting the creative self-development of a distance learning student. Research methods: analysis of philosophical and psychological-pedagogical literature on the problem under study; pedagogical experiment; modeling, questioning, testing, analysis of the products of students' creative activity (essays, creative works, creative projects) and the implementation of educational tasks, conversations, observations.