• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.19-19
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• 2019

토양수분은 지표수가 증발, 유출, 침투되는 과정에 중요한 역할을 하는 수문 인자로, 수문학적인 관점에서 물 순환을 이해하는 데 필수적인 요소이다. 그럼에도 불구하고 토양 내 수분을 측정하는 데 어려움이 많아 국내에서는 토양수분의 지속적인 관측을 위한 관측소 운영이 원활하게 이루어지지 않고 있으며, 주로 유전율식 계측 방식을 통해 지점 기반의 토양수분 자료를 생산하는데 그치고 있다. 최근 발사된 토양수분 위성인 SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive)을 비롯한 위성기반의 토양수분 자료와 융합하여 사용하기 위해서는 지점에서의 토양수분 네트워크가 우선적으로 구축되어야 하나, 관측소의 수도 부족할 뿐 아니라, 지형이 복잡하고 산지가 많은 한반도에서는 점 단위의 토양수분 자료의 공간적 대표성이 부족하여 활용에 어려움이 많다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 운영중인 지점 기반의 토양수분 관측소의 FDR (Frequency Domain Reflectometry), TDR (Time Domain Reflectometry) 센서를 함께 활용하여 산악지형에서의 Cosmic-ray 기반 토양수분자료를 생산하고자 한다. 산악지형에서의 Cosmic-ray 센서는 토양 유기물과 식생 차단 등에 의한 영향이 많으므로 평지에서 토양수분을 산정하기 위한 교정 함수들의 비교 및 평가를 실시하였다. 일반적으로 평지에서 활용되는 교정 함수들은 강우에 따른 토양수분의 거동을 잘 나타내고 있는 것으로 확인되었으나, 갑작스러운 강우로 인한 식생 차단과 토양 유기물의 영향이 커지는 경우 토양수분의 급격한 변동성을 표현하기에는 한계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구를 기반으로 산악지형에서 Cosmic-ray 센서에 영향을 미치는 인자들을 분석할 수 있으며, 추후 산악지형에서 지역 규모의 토양수분을 관측할 수 있는 관측소를 구축하는데 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.139-149
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• 2018

Background: Ethiopia is among the poorest countries where land degradation caused livelihood problem to its inhabitants. The livelihood of rural communities in Ethiopia is seriously threatened by land degradation. Land is the major natural resource that economic, social, infrastructure, and other human activities are undertaken on. Thus, land resources play an important role in shaping rural livelihoods, and lack of sustainable land management practices leads to land degradation. Thus, this study aimed to analyze interlink between land degradation and livelihood of rural communities in Chilga district, Northwest Ethiopia. It also addresses the factors which influence income diversification for livelihood of households in the study area. Result: The result depicts that the major causes of land degradation are both natural and anthropogenic. Land degradation and livelihood are negatively interlinked with each other. The livelihood of the majority of the population in the study area is dependent on subsistence agriculture both farming and animal husbandry with low diversification. The survey result showed that more than half (69%) of the sample households have farm size of less than 2 ha, nearly one third (31%) have 2.0-2.5 ha, and insignificant number of farmers have more than 2.5 ha. More than 80% of the respondents pointed out that land degradation has impacts both on crop yield and livestock production. Most of the explanatory variables such as gender, age, education level, farmland size, and family size have statistical significant influence (at P < .01 and P < .05 levels) for income diversification of households, while marital status on the other hand is not statistically significant though it has positive relation with income diversification in this study. Conclusions: Our results suggest awareness should be created in the community about the livelihood diversification mechanisms which enabled them to engage in different income-generating activities and comprehensive watershed management should be implemented.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.69-76
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• 2019

Ecosystem services are contributing to human welfare by enabling us to maintain our survival and quality of life. A metod of quantifying ecological functions is needed. We discussed the introduction and applications of ecosystem services to applied ecological engineering. The concept and assessment system of ecosystem services were applied to the economic valuation of river, the construction of blue-green-white network in urban area, ecological restoration, and integrated water management in Korea. The conceptual framework and assessment of ecosystem services can be used to promote value of ecological protection and restoration, helping stakeholders understand the benefits of ecosystems and increasing applications of the applied ecological engineering.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• v.63 no.4
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• pp.681-692
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• 2021

Environment, food, and disease have a selective force on the present and future as well as our genome. Adaptation of livestock and the environmental nexus, including forest encroachment for anthropological needs, has been proven to cause emerging infectious diseases. Further, these demand changes in meat production and market systems. Meat is a reliable source of protein, with a majority of the world population consumes meat. To meet the increasing demands of meat production as well as address issues, such as current environmental pollution, animal welfare, and outbreaks, cellular agriculture has emerged as one of the next industrial revolutions. Lab grown meat or cell cultured meat is a promising way to pursue this; however, it still needs to resemble traditional meat and be assured safety for human consumption. Further, to mimic the palatability of traditional meat, the process of cultured meat production starts from skeletal muscle progenitor cells isolated from animals that proliferate and differentiate into skeletal muscle using cell culture techniques. Due to several lacunae in the current approaches, production of muscle replicas is not possible yet. Our review shows that constant research in this field will resolve the existing constraints and enable successful cultured meat production in the near future. Therefore, production of cultured meat is a better solution that looks after environmental issues, spread of outbreaks, antibiotic resistance through the zoonotic spread, food and economic crises.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.9 no.10
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• pp.235-242
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• 2022

The ultimate motive of the paper is to establish whether financial inclusion (FI) has a consequential impact on the Sustainable Development (SD) of India. This study uses one model for the assessment of the influence of FI through the Co-Operative bank network on SD. This is purposely done to analyze the absolute impact of the role of the Co-Operative bank network in the said context. The sample encompasses data taken from 28 states and 3 Union Territories for two years (FY2018-FY2020). Assessment of data for the remaining Union Territories is not undertaken for the reason of the non-availability of data for other Union Territories. This study uses Panel Data Analysis (PDA) to establish the nexus of the relation between the said variables. Results of this study reveal elevated levels of SD resultant of increased FI thereby indicating a positive and significant relationship between the said variables. Unlike previous studies, this study gives India-specific significant findings, which suggests policy formulation for increasing the numbers and improving the governance of Co-Operative bank networks for SD. Co-Operative bank network as a proxy despite having high weighted significance in FI has not been incorporated in any recent study as per the last updated knowledge of authors.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.71-86
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• 2021

Purpose - This study examines the awareness regarding the symptoms of COVID-19 exposures and safety distances strategies whether they were useful to resile the businesses a mid of the pandemic. Besides exploring the awareness and safety distances, the effectiveness of offering free use of protective equipment (mask, hand sanitizer, frequent hand washing, etc.) to the customers for visiting the business centers was also examined. Design/methodology/approach - This study collected 264 survey data in Bangladesh which is one of the most densely populated country and very vulnerable for COVID-19 due to its socio-economic condition. The multiple regression analysis is used to analyze the data. Findings - The findings of the study indicate that the awareness about the symptoms of virus exposures (cough, fever, diarrhea, and weakness) has significant affirmative effects to enhance the public movement for business purposes with the lower possibility to be affected by the virus. The study also indicates that safety distances and protective equipment can mediate the significant positive relationship between the awareness of the disease and the businesses' resilient capacity. Research implications or Originality - COVID-19, as an apprehensive health issue in the current world, has sharpened the uncertainty of the businesses. One essential technique as lockdown, has been followed by almost every country to protect the transmission of the virus even though the scholars criticized it due to the substantial adverse effects on the country's economy. Under this circumstances, this study provides implications to the relevant businesses by assessing the nexus between the safety distances and the proper uses of protective equipment with the business resilient.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Physical Medicine
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.23-30
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• 2022

PURPOSE: This study was designed to investigate the effects of keeping contraction of abdominal and pelvic floor muscles on 3D pelvic stability in individuals with nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP) during normal speed walking. METHODS: The subjects were 20 adults with CLBP deformity and had moderate pain intensity of the visual analog scale. A three-dimensional camera capture system was used to collect kinematic pelvic motion data with and without contraction of the abdominal and pelvic floor muscles during gait. The subjects were asked to walk on a walkway in the lab room and they were attached 40 reflective markers to their pelvic segment and lower extremities. A Visual3D Professional V6 program and Vicon Nexus software were used to analyze 3D pelvic kinematic data. RESULTS: There were significant differences between with and without contraction of the abdominal and pelvic floor muscles of the pelvic depression and the total pelvic motion in coronal plane during gait (p < .05). However, there were no significant differences in any of the maximal motion of the pelvic segment in sagittal and transverse motion plane according to the different muscle contraction conditions (p > .05). CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that maintaining co-contraction of the abdominal and pelvic floor muscles in individuals with CLBP increased pelvic stability and contributed to preventing excessive pelvic movements during gait.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.80-80
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• 2023

인구증가와 경제발전은 도시화를 촉진시키며 도시에서 물과 에너지 사용량을 급격히 증가시켰다. 도시 물순환 시스템에서 용수를 공급하기 위해 에너지가 사용되고 에너지 발전을 위해 물이 필요하듯이, 물과 에너지는 긴밀한 연결 관계를 가지고 있다. 도시에서 이러한 자원을 효율적으로 관리하기 위해서는 물과 에너지 사이에 존재하는 복잡한 관계를 고려하여 분석할 필요가 있으나 기존의 도시 물관리는 부문별로 독립된 접근방식에 의존하기 때문에 이를 설명하기는 어려웠다. 이러한 한계점을 극복하기 위해 부문 간 존재하는 복잡한 관계를 반영하고, 상호연관성 및 영향 효과에 대해 분석 가능한 통합적 접근방식인 넥서스 접근법이 점차적으로 활용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 넥서스 관점에서 국내 광역지자체별 상수시스템의 물-에너지 관계를 분석하고, 이를 바탕으로 도시 물관리 전략 및 실행계획을 제시하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 넥서스 관점에서 상수시스템의 물-에너지 이용을 분석하기 위해 2011년부터 2020년까지 10년간의 자료를 활용하여 광역자자체별 넥서스 프로파일링을 수행하였다. 분석 범위 설정, 자료 처리, 기본 경향 분석, 영향 요인 도출, 스냅샷 및 궤적 분석, 원인 도출의 절차로 진행되는 프로파일링을 통해 상수시스템에서 물 사용량과 에너지 사용량의 현황과 거동을 파악할 수 있었다. 인구변화, Lpcd(litres per capita per day) 변화, 원수 수입량 변동과 같은 외부 영향(부산, 대구, 인천, 울산, 세종), 시스템 개선 등을 통한 도시여건 개선(광주), 입력자료의 오류 또는 부정확성(대전, 울산, 제주)과 같은 도시별 물-에너지 사용량 변화에 대한 주요 원인을 도출할 수 있었다. 그리고 이를 바탕으로 각 광역지자체별 향후 추세 및 개선방안을 제시하였다. 본 연구에서는 넥서스 관점에서 국내 통계자료를 활용하여 광역지자체별 상수시스템의 물-에너지 관계를 분석하여 국내 도시 상수시스템 내 물과 에너지 사용에 대한 과학적 근거를 제공하였다. 이를 통해 향후 각각의 도시 여건에 맞는 실제 정책 수립에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.45-62
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• 2022

Purpose - Using unexpected changes in geopolitical tensions on the Korean peninsula as a quasi-natural experimental setting, we examine whether and how geopolitical risks travel across borders through firm-level imports and exports linkages. We also test whether the effects are driven by either imports or exports and assess whether firms can effectively hedge themselves against geopolitical risks. Design/methodology - We focus on a series of unanticipated geopolitical events taken place in Korea in 2018. Making use of the shocks to geopolitical climate, we identify five milestone events toward peace talks. We employ the event studies methodology. We examine heterogenous firm-level stock price reactions around key event dates depending on firms' exposure to geopolitical risks. As a measure of firms' exposure to geopolitical risks in Korea, we utilize a text-based measure of firm-level trade links. When a firm announces and discusses its purchase of inputs from Korea or sales of outputs to Korea in their annual disclosure filings, we define a firm to have a trade relationship with Korea and have exposure to Korean geopolitical risks. Similarly, we use a measure of a firm's hedging policies based on a firm's textual mention of the use of foreign exchange derivatives in their annual disclosure. Findings - We find that U.S. firms that have direct trade links to Korea gained significantly more value when the intensity of geopolitical risks drops compared to firms without such trade links to Korea. The effects are pronounced for firms purchasing inputs from or selling outputs to Korea. We find that the effectiveness of foreign exchange hedging against geopolitical risks is limited. Originality/value - We document the international transmission of geopolitical uncertainty through trade linkages. Export links as well as import links serve as important nexus of transmission of geopolitical risks across borders. Hedging strategies involving foreign-exchanges derivatives do not seem to insulate firms again geopolitical risks. With the recent movements of localization and reshuffling of the global value chain, our results suggest a significant impact of geopolitical risks in Korea on the construction of the global value chain.

• Analyses & Alternatives
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.29-61
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• 2019

Within the discipline of International Relations (IR), the literatures on global governance (GG) and great power management (GPM) at best ignore each other, and at worst treat the other as a rival or enemy. On the one hand, the GPM literature, like both realism in all its forms, and neoliberalism, takes for granted the ongoing, disproportionate influence of the great powers in the management of the international system/society, and does not look much beyond that. On the other hand, the GG literature emphasizes the roles of smaller states, non-state actors and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and tends to see great powers more as part of the problem than as part of the solution. This paper argues that the rise to prominence of a non-traditional security agenda, and particularly of human security, has triggered a de facto merger of GPM and GG that the IR literature usually treated as separate and often opposed theories. We use the Ebola crisis of 2014-15 to show how an issue framed as human security brought about a multi-actor response that combined the key elements of GPM and GG. The security framing overrode many of the usual inhibitions between great powers and non-state actors in humanitarian crises, including even the involvement of great power military forces. Through examining broadly the way in which the Ebola crisis is tackled, we argue that in an age of growing human security challenges, GPM and GG are necessarily and fruitfully merging. The role of great powers in this new human security environment is moving away from the simple means and ends of traditional GPM. Now, great powers require the ability to cooperate and coordinate with multiple-level actors to make the GG/GPM nexus more effective and sustainable. In doing so they can both provide crucial resources quickly, and earn respect and status as responsible great powers. IGOs provide legitimation and coordination to the GPM/GG package, and non-state actors (NSAs) provide information, specialist knowledge and personnel, and links into public engagement. In this way, the unique features of the Ebola crisis provide a model for how the merger of GPM and GG might be taken forward on other shared-fate threats facing global international society.