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Method of Improving Personal Name Search in Academic Information Service

  • Han, Heejun;Lee, Seok-Hyoung
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.17-29
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    • 2012
  • All academic information on the web or elsewhere has its creator, that is, a subject who has created the information. The subject can be an individual, a group, or an institution, and can be a nation depending on the nature of the relevant information. Most information is composed of a title, an author, and contents. An essay which is under the academic information category has metadata including a title, an author, keyword, abstract, data about publication, place of publication, ISSN, and the like. A patent has metadata including the title, an applicant, an inventor, an attorney, IPC, number of application, and claims of the invention. Most web-based academic information services enable users to search the information by processing the meta-information. An important element is to search information by using the author field which corresponds to a personal name. This study suggests a method of efficient indexing and using the adjacent operation result ranking algorithm to which phrase search-based boosting elements are applied, and thus improving the accuracy of the search results of personal names. It also describes a method for providing the results of searching co-authors and related researchers in searching personal names. This method can be effectively applied to providing accurate and additional search results in the academic information services.

The study of information seeking behavior by health fields researchers (보건분야 연구자들의 정보이용행태에 관한 연구 -광주, 전남 응급구조과 및 전남대학교 간호과학 연구소-)

  • Kim, Mi-Seon
    • The Korean Journal of Emergency Medical Services
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.77-90
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    • 1999
  • This study focuses on investigating and analyzing overall information use behavior of the health fields researchers. Questionaries were 116 researchers in there nursing university or college and EMT college. Four areas were tested on the basis of the purpose that there would exist unique characteristics in the information seeking behavior of health fields researchers. The findings of the study shows that health fields researchers prefer monographs and journals; they tend to use current materials; the first information source for their research activities is the cited references in the book or journal article; they are likely to delegate literature searching to the librarian, but they tend to conduct direct searching in online setting; in general, they react positively for the rapid change in information environment caused by recent development of information technology. It is emphasized that to design an efficient information system and provide an effective information service in the health science related library or information center, it is essential to consider the major characteristics and attributes of health fields researchers in terms of their information use behavior.

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The Effects of Information Application of the Elderly on Their Lives (정보활용이 고령층 삶에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Misook;Kim, Heesop;Hong, Soongoo
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.33-49
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is to analyse the effect of information application of the elderly on their lives through analysing the key papers on the topic. To achieve the aim of this study, we searched the papers from RISS, KISS, DBpia and the National Assembly Library of the Republic of Korea, using keywords such as 'the elderly and informationization,' 'the elderly and information application,' and 'mediator effect.' In the search process, we did not limited the publication year or journal types. A total of 476 papers were searched as the result of the initial search. Based on three researchers consent of selection criteria, we finally selected 19 papers and analysed the important mediator variables between the information application and the life satisfaction or happiness. Using the content analysis, we analysed the quantitative analyses (including sample characteristics and sociodemographic statistics) and qualitative analyses (including result interpretation and policy implication about the elderly information education). After in-depth analysis of the papers, we built a table organized by the independent variable and the mediator variable. With the results, several implications were discussed and contributions are also explained.

Research Trends on the Acupuncture Treatment of Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (어깨 충돌증후군의 침치료에 관한 연구 동향)

  • Yoon, Kwang Sik
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.315-320
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate reasearch trend of acupuncture treatment on shoulder impingement syndrome. This study investigated the recent studies about acupuncture treatment for shoulder impingement syndrome via searching Korean and foreign electronic databases(Research Information Services, National Digital Science Library, Oriental Medicine Advanced Searching Integated Services, PubMed, China National Knowledge Infrastructure). The search term was searched by combining 'shoulder impingement sydrome', 'subacrominal pain', 'acupuncture', 'needle therapy', and was limited to the articles published from 2005 to 2017. 14 studies were found to be analyzed according to the type of study, the number of cases, the type of treatment, the instruments for assessment and published year. 14 studies were published since 2005, 6 case reports, 8 randomized controlled trials. In the treatment of shoulder impingement syndrome, treatments such as acupuncture, acupotomy, pharmacopuncture, laser acupuncture, combined treatment of exercise and rehabilitation were performed. Visual analogue scale(VAS), range of motion(ROM) and various questionnaires were used as primary assessments. In each study, acupuncture treatment was reported to have a significant effect in the pain, range of motion and disability of shoulder impingement syndrome. In order to ensure objective evidence on acupuncture treatment, large scale case reports and randomized controlled trials should be continued.

A Study on Effectiveness Enhancement of Organization thru Service Quality of Service Desk (Service Desk의 서비스 품질이 조직의 업무 효율성 증대에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Dong-Chul;Gim, Gwang-Yong;Rim, Seong-Taek
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.17-40
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    • 2009
  • This study is to guide to estimate service quality on ITSM operation based on ITIL(IT Infrastructure Library). ITIL v2 and v3 provide how to integrate framework of IT service and business process. It is widely used as ITSM operation base. As a latest IT trend, ITSM covers Hardware, Software, SaaS, Network, Call center, Helpdesk, ASP portal and IT operation. Servicedesk is selected as target area where valid sampling is addressable and service change is rapid. Traditional Helpdesk was focusing on technical support to solve internal IT issues passively. But it was evolved into Service Desk which focus in process and provide integrated service from customer's business view point preventively and proactively. Accordingly outsourcing types business are normally performed by group of professional capability. Service quality is measured under the SLA(Service Level Agreement). This study utilized SERVQUAL model as service quality measuring tool developed by Parasuraman, Zeitaml and Berry to find critical factors to satisfy customer. And test was processed regarding effectiveness of IT organization and customer view point thru sampling. Though valid parameters can be changed by ITSM areas under the SERVQUAL models, they naturally can be accepted as a index of service quality measurement after sampling test with acceptable significance. And I recommend to follow this study as a preparation before official SLA.

An Exploratory Research on Country-of-Origin and Its Impact on the UAE Consumers Buying Decisions

  • POTLURI, Rajasekhara Mouly;JOHNSON, Sophia
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.9
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    • pp.455-466
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of the paper is to explore the country-of-origin (COO) influence on the buying decisions of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) consumers. The collected data from 370 consumers were summarized and coded by using Software R Studio and Microsoft Excel. The independent variables were analyzed and tested for their significant impact on the dependent variable, final buying decision of the product/service based on its country of origin. The selected hypotheses tested by administering the Kruskal-Wallis (K-W) hypothesis testing technique. The researchers identified that UAE consumers buying decisions influenced mainly by the country of origin of the products and services. The demographic variables like age, education, country of origin influential factors, country of choice was not displaying any significant impact on the buying decisions of consumers. The survey is limited to cover the general consumers of the country who are randomly selected from Dubai and Sharjah emirates. The study is beneficial to all the types of marketers, including domestic and international companies, who have plans to know the exact influence on consumers' buying decisions. The present research paper is original and provides empirical evidence on the country of origin's impact on the buying decisions of different products/services in the UAE.

A Study on Perception and Use of E-Books by Librarians and Children (어린이 도서관 사서와 어린이 이용자의 전자책에 대한 인식 및 이용에 관한 연구)

  • Chung, Yeon-Kyoung;Choi, Yoon-Kyung
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.45-62
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    • 2012
  • The purposes of this study are to investigate the perception and use of e-books by librarians and children and to suggest important elements to improve e-book services at the children's libraries. User survey questionaries and interviews from fifty five librarians and thirty children were carried for the perceptions and the use of e-books at five children's libraries. Based upon the data analysis from two groups, three important elements for improving e-book services of the libraries were suggested as follows: providing enough e-book contents, facilities and spaces, developing e-book user education programs with proactive pubic relations, and providing professional continuing education programs regarding e-books to librarians.

Characteristics of Medical Advertisement according to the Various Departments at Medical Institutions (의료기관 주 진료과목에 따른 의료광고 수행 특성)

  • Lee, Dong-Woo;Hwang, Byung-Deog;Park, Jae-Woo
    • The Korean Journal of Health Service Management
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.25-36
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    • 2016
  • Objectives : This study describes the current state of medical advertisement and quality of advertisement execution according to the different departments based on 2-year case study of actual medical advertisements which were published in newspapers. Additionally, this paper provides data which will help in the efficient planning of medical advertisements. Methods : This study was based on medical advertisements that were in local newspapers, etc. from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2013. The data were collected from September 20, 2014 to November 2, 2014 (44 days). A total of 4,991 data points were acquired from newspapers supplied by the Busan Public Library directly to the researcher. Results : According to the major findings of this study, the services of clinics had more medical advertisements than that of hospitals. Urology was the most advertised service of clinics while orthopedics and neurosurgery were the most advertised services of hospitals. Conclusions : In the study, the characteristics for the technical advertising factor was evident according to the type of examinations. Some types of examinations showed definite differences compared to other examinations.

Cross Platform Game Development Environment for PMP (PMP(Portable Multimedia Player)를 위한 크로스 플랫폼 게임 개발 환경)

  • Lee, Ya-Ri;Kim, Jung-Sook
    • Journal of Digital Contents Society
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.377-383
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    • 2007
  • The existing PMP contents have been usually providing moving picture services. However the rapid increasement by users of mobile equipment brought the need for multipurpose convergence, it is needed to develop the appropriate contents as these products appear. In this paper we designed the easy development environment for game contents that provide limited killer services. Game with the limited PMP input devices as a variety of portable input devices are developed and the equipment function of PMP itself is enhanced, its field of application will be further extended. So, we will design cross platform game development environment for PMP that is able to give friendly and valuable game contents to PMP users.

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Ontology Supported Information Systems: A Review

  • Padmavathi, T.;Krishnamurthy, M.
    • Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.61-76
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    • 2014
  • The exponential growth of information on the web far exceeds the capacity of present day information retrieval systems and search engines, making information integration on the web difficult. In order to overcome this, semantic web technologies were proposed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to achieve a higher degree of automation and precision in information retrieval systems. Semantic web, with its promise to deliver machine understanding to the traditional web, has attracted a significant amount of research from academia as well as from industries. Semantic web is an extension of the current web in which data can be shared and reused across the internet. RDF and ontology are two essential components of the semantic web architecture which support a common framework for data storage and representation of data semantics, respectively. Ontologies being the backbone of semantic web applications, it is more relevant to study various approaches in their application, usage, and integration into web services. In this article, an effort has been made to review the research work being undertaken in the area of design and development of ontology supported information systems. This paper also briefly explains the emerging semantic web technologies and standards.