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Cloning Livestock from Cultured Cells Creates New Opportunities for Agriculture

  • Wells, D.N.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Embryo Transfer Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.29-48
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    • 2003
  • It is remarkable that nuclear transfer using differentiated donor cells can produce physiologically normal cloned animals, but the process is inefficient and highly prone to epigenetic errors. Aberrant patterns of gene expression in clones contribute to the cumulative losses and abnormal phenotypes observed throughout development. Any long lasting effects from cloning, as revealed in some mouse studies, need to be comprehensively evaluated in cloned livestock. These issues raise animal welfare concerns that currently limit the acceptability and applicability of the technology. It is expected that improved reprogramming of the donor genome will increase cloning efficiencies realising a wide range of new agricultural and medical opportunities. Efficient cloning potentially enables rapid dissemination of elite genotypes from nucleus herds to commercial producers. Initial commercialisation will, however, focus on producing small numbers of high value animals for natural breeding especially clones of progeny-tested sires. The continual advances in animal genomics towards the identification of genes that influence livestock production traits and human health increase the ability to genetically modify animals to enhance agricultural efficiency and produce superior quality food and biomedical products for niche markets. The potential opportunities inanimal agriculture are more challenging than those in biomedicine as they require greater biological efficiency at reduced cost to be economically viable and because of the more difficult consumer acceptance issues. Nevertheless, cloning and transgenesis are being used together to increase the genetic merit of livestock; however, the integration of this technology into farming systems remains some distance in the future.

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Technical preparedness in Southeast Asia region for onshore dismantling of offshore structures: Gaps and opportunities

  • Jing-Shuo Leow;Jing-Shun Leow;Hooi-Siang Kang;Omar Yaakob;Wonsiri Punurai;Sari Amelia;Huyen Thi Le
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.79-95
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    • 2023
  • An onshore dismantling yard is an important part in the supply chain of the offshore oil and gas decommissioning industry. However, despite having more than 500 offshore structures to be decommissioned in the Southeast Asia region, there are a very limited number of well-equipped dismantling yards to fully execute the onshore dismantling. Recent investigations discovered that shipbuilding and offshore structure fabrication yards are still potential options for upgrades to include dismantling. Despite the huge potential opportunities from upgrading to dismantling, research studies on this area are relatively scarce, and most past studies mainly focused on the North Sea region. To date, the potential opportunities of Southeast Asia and Malaysia yards to develop onshore dismantling capability are still unclear. The aim of this study is to identify the criteria to develop a technical preparedness checklist to evaluate an onshore dismantling yard; consequently, this will assist with assessing and bridging the gaps and identify the opportunity of developing an onshore dismantling yard in Southeast Asia region. Requirements for onshore dismantling and related rules and regulations have been investigated and summarized in the form of checklist. Findings from this study can help local oil and gas operators to pursue more local solutions and resilient supply chain performance.

Innovation and Challenges of Urban Creative Products in Digital Media Art - Tourist cities in China for example

  • Ma Xiaoyu;Lee Jaewoo
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.175-181
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    • 2024
  • The paper examines the impact of digital media art on urban creative products, analyzing opportunities and challenges in the digital era. It emphasizes the development of urban cultural and creative products, highlighting their significance and future growth potential. The digital media era provides unprecedented innovation opportunities, utilizing advanced tools for efficient design, production, and marketing. Trends like personalization, customization, AI, and big data offer new expressions and market prospects. Cultural products evolve in design, marketing, and sales channels due to digital media, with tools like social media and e-commerce platforms opening new promotion avenues. Case studies illustrate digital media's role in driving innovation and enhancing user experiences. The paper addresses challenges in market competition, copyright, and technological renewal, while recognizing opportunities from AI and big data. The creative industries must adapt and innovate to remain relevant. Looking ahead, urban creative products will evolve under digitalization, relying on digital means to attract consumers and enhance brand value. Cultural products, beyond economic entities, disseminate urban culture and creative spirit. In the digital era, urban creative products demonstrate potential and necessity, prompting a reevaluation of digital technology's role. Through continuous innovation, this field contributes to cultural and economic levels, impacting urban characteristics and heritage. Urban creative products play an increasingly vital role in the global cultural and creative economy.

Influence of Participation in Seniors'Social Activity Supporting Project on Later Years Life : Focusing on Comparative Analysis of Before and After Participation (노인 사회활동 지원사업 참여가 노후 삶에 미치는 영향 : 사회활동 지원사업 참여 전, 참여 후 분석을 중심으로)

  • Cho, Jong-hyeon
    • Journal of Venture Innovation
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.141-156
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    • 2018
  • The average life expectancy in Korea was 62.3 in 1970 and 82.3 in 2016, which increased by more than 20 years and it's expected to enter super-aged society after passing through the aged society. The poverty, loneliness, inactivity, and disease which were called as four problems of senior citizens have become social issues. Thus, the project for creating job opportunities for the elderly(Project supporting social activity of seniors) was carried out as the senior welfare policy. First purpose was to help the elderly engage in society actively, make their income and build up health while preventing the problems of the aged and reducing social cost as well. The second purpose was to help them live healthy later lives through various jobs. This study aimed to investigate whether the project for creating job opportunities for the elderly increased quality of later lives through health promotion and healthy later lives while engaging in the society, rather than making income according to its purpose, by conducting the survey before and after participating in the project for creating job opportunities for the elderly. It's expected to see this study could contribute to making more opportunities for the senior citizens to engage in the society continuously, rater than making money.

A Study on the Impacts of Entrepreneurship and Transformational Leadership on Employment and Startup Awareness : Mediating Effects of Corona 19 Social Issue (앙트러프러너십과 변혁적 리더십이 취·창업 인식에 미치는 영향 연구 : 코로나 19 사회적 이슈의 매개효과)

  • Park, Cheol Woo;Kang, Gyung Lan
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.51-63
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    • 2020
  • In this study, the objective of the study was to verify how college students' entourage and transformational leadership can affect employment and entrepreneurship perception. In addition, with the coronavirus infection, which has a widespread global impact over the past few months, we want to see how the social issue of pandemic affects the personal characteristics of college students and their perceptions of employment and entrepreneurship. Research Results University students with high entrepreneurship and transformational leadership perceived the social issue of the Corona 19 pandemic as a crisis, which is comparable to the economic crisis, and rather than cringe, adapting to the shift of a new paradigm, new job opportunities or opportunities for entrepreneurship It was found to be an opportunity to recognize as. As the untact society is expected to become a new normal, securing new employment and entrepreneurship opportunities is emerging as an important factor through cultivation of entrustment and transformational leadership. The results of this study are based on the need for practical education on entrepreneurship and transformational leadership, such as creating a business model to strengthen the ability to'explore opportunities' to explore opportunities in crisis for potential entrepreneurs and college students with potential employment potential. Is suggesting.

The Impact of Employees' Emotional Intelligence on Job Crafting: Focus on Mediating Effect of Self-efficacy and Moderating Effect of Career Growth Opportunities (감성지능이 조직 구성원의 Job Crafting에 미치는 영향 : 자기효능감의 매개효과와 경력성장기회의 조절효과 중심으로)

  • Lee, Ji-Hye;Cho, Dong-Sung;Oh, Sang-Jin
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.658-676
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to suggest importance of emotional intelligence by studying effects between emotional intelligence and job crafting; the research was conducted among employees working for organizations. Especially this empirical study proves mediating effect of self-efficacy, and moderating effect of career growth opportunities in relationship between emotional intelligence and job crafting. The survey was conducted for employees; 341 answers were used from total population and were analyzed by SPSS 24.0 and AMOS 24.0 statistics package. The study concludes that emotional intelligence has positive influence (+) on job crafting of employee. Positive influence was found in the relationship between emotional intelligence and self-efficacy, and job crafting as well. The study also proves mediating effect of self-efficacy. Moreover it is likely that career growth opportunities have moderating effect in the relationship between self-efficacy and job crafting. The study implies that improving emotional intelligence is important to change attitude/behavior of employees on job. The study also implies that corporations need to provide career growth opportunities, to develop various programs, and to create friendly working environment.

The Effects of Cognitive Bias on Entrepreneurial Opportunity Evaluations through Perceived Risks in Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy (창업가의 인지편향이 지각된 위험과 조절된 창업효능감에 따라 창업기회평가에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Daeyop;Park, Jaehwan
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.95-112
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    • 2020
  • This paper is to investigate how cognitive bias of college students and entrepreneurs relates to perceived risks and entrepreneurial opportunities that represent uncertainty, and how various cognitive bias and entrepreneurial efficacy In the same way. The purpose of this study is to find improvement points of entrepreneurship education for college students and to suggest problems and improvement possibilities in the decision making process of current entrepreneurs. This empirical study is a necessary to improve the decision-making of individuals who want to start a business at the time when various attempts are made to activate the start-up business and increase the sustainability of the existing SME management. And understanding of the difference in opportunity evaluation, and suggests that it is necessary to provide good opportunities together with the upbringing of entrepreneurs. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, questionnaires were conducted for college students and entrepreneurs. A total of 363 questionnaire data were obtained and demonstrated through structural equation modeling. This study confirms that there is some relationship between perceived risk and cognitive bias. Overconfidence and control illusions among cognitive bias have a significant relationship between perceived risk and wealth. Especially, it is confirmed that control illusion of college students has a significant relationship with perceived risk. Second, cognitive bias demonstrated some significant relationship with opportunity evaluation. Although we did not find evidence that excess self-confidence is related to opportunity evaluation, we have verified that control illusions and current status bias are related to opportunity evaluation. Control illusions were significant in both college students and entrepreneurs. Third, perceived risk has a negative relationship with opportunity evaluation. All students, regardless of whether they are college students or entrepreneurs, judge opportunities positively if they perceive low risk. Fourth, it can be seen from the college students 'group that entrepreneurial efficacy has a moderating effect between perceived risk and opportunity evaluation, but no significant results were found in the entrepreneurs' group. Fifth, the college students and entrepreneurs have different cognitive bias, and they have proved that there is a different relationship between entrepreneurial opportunity evaluation and perceived risk. On the whole, there are various cognitive biases that are caused by time pressure or stress on college students and entrepreneurs who have to make judgments in uncertain opportunities, and in this respect, they can improve their judgment in the future. At the same time, university students can have a positive view of new opportunities based on high entrepreneurial efficacy, but if they fully understand the intrinsic risks of entrepreneurship through entrepreneurial education and fully understand the cognitive bias present in direct entrepreneurial experience, You will get a better opportunity assessment. This study has limitations in that it is based on the fact that university students and entrepreneurs are integrated, and that the survey respondents are selected by the limited random sampling method. It is necessary to conduct more systematic research based on more faithful data in the absence of the accumulation of entrepreneurial research data. Second, the translation tools used in the previous studies were translated and the meaning of the measurement tools might not be conveyed due to language differences. Therefore, it is necessary to construct a more precise scale for the accuracy of the study. Finally, complementary research should be done to identify what competitive opportunities are and what opportunities are appropriate for entrepreneurs.