• PNF and Movement
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.189-197
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• 2019

Purpose: The aim of our study was to evaluate the therapeutic effects of walking and turning plus treadmill training on the functional balance and walking ability of individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD). Methods: Twenty-four participants with Stage 1 to 3 ($2.13{\pm}0.64$) PD based on the Hoehn and Yahr scale were randomly allocated to the experimental group (EG) and control group (CG), with 12 participants in each group. The measured outcomes included the motor subscale of the unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS-M), the Berg balance scale (BBS), the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test, the 10-meter walk test (10MWT), and the 6-minute walk test (6MWT). Results: Pre-to-post intervention improvements were noted for all the outcome measures for both groups (p < 0.05). Post intervention, there was a significant improvement in the EG compared to the CG for the following measured outcomes (p < 0.05): UPDRS-M (p = 0.021; 95% CI, 0.081-6.519), BBS (p = 0.042; 95% CI, 1.375-4.541), TUG (p = 0.034; 95% CI, -3.315--0.143), 10MWT (p = 0.011; 95% CI, -2.032--0.289), and 6MWT (p = 0.002; 95% CI, 24.39-91.273). Conclusion: Our study suggests that walking and turning plus treadmill training improves balance and walking compared to treadmill training only in patients with PD.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.348-350
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• 2020

다양한 신재생에너지의 확대와 에너지 프로슈머의 등장으로 소비자가 직접 신생에너지 발전 설비를 설치하고, 생산한 전력을 소비, 저장, 판매까지 할 수 있도록 전력거래 시장이 빠르게 변화되고 있다. 특히 미국, 독일, 호주, 중국 등에서 전력거래에 대한 다양한 시도들이 진행 중이며, 국내에서도 에너지 신산업의 일환으로 다양한 시범 사업들이 추진되어왔다. 하지만 해외와 달리 국내에서는 그동안 추진되어왔던 대부분의 전력거래 시범 사업들이 제기능을 다하고 있지 못한 실정이다. 시장 성숙도나 시장의 저변 확대 미흡 등 많은 이유가 있겠지만, 전력거래에 대한 적극적인 활성화 지원 의지 부족과 관련 법·제도 등의 부가적인 문제들도 많은 것이 사실이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 지금까지 많은 전력거래 시범 사업들이 추진되어 왔음에도 불구하고 외국에 비해 전력거래 시장이 활성화되지 못한 이유를 법·제도 측면에서 고찰해보고, 전력거래를 활성화 시키기 위한 법·제도 측면에서의 개선 방향과 규제완화에 대해 논의해 보고자 한다.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.55-60
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• 2019

It is true that Blockchain has been known as a core technology for cryptocurrency like bitcoin (BTC). It is caused by its rapid value rises. Now, one BTC is trading around 10,000 US dollars while it bought just less than one dollar at its first trading in May, 2010. Blockchain makes on-line transactions possible by the safe cryptocurrency swiftly based on P2P network and distributed public ledger while its on-line traffic is rapidly increasing. However, this technology has bigger potential in the fourth industrial revolution era and its application areas will be varied. The evolving intelligent information society needs to make new added value through utilizing, sharing and processing of useful digital information. Obstacles such as hacking and fraud often exist when transactions of digital properties, right transfers, etc. are done through digital network specialized with anonymity. It is expected that blockchain will be a definite solution in this regard. This paper addresses useful development directions and countermeasures for blokchain in the digital economy by analysis of its current status and issues.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• v.9 no.9
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• pp.9-24
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• 2022

With a view to attracting foreign investment and growing the economy, the Vietnamese government has hastened financial reforms, including the lifting of limitations on foreign investment, which has resulted in rapidly rising foreign ownership in recent years. To study the relationship between transactions of foreign investors and transactions of domestic investors on two stock exchanges in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HSX) and Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX). This study applies a secondary dataset comprising daily market trading information of 912 stocks from 18 industries listed on 2 Vietnam stock exchanges, including HSX and HNX, which includes executed price, executed volume, daily Buy Orders, and Sell Orders categorized into domestic investors' orders and foreign investors orders from 01.04.2010 to 10.04.2018. The regression results show a significantly positive relationship between foreign investors' trading and domestic investors' transaction in all trading activities in both up and down markets. Therefore, these results indicate that domestic investors in Vietnam are concerned with foreign investors' trading as an important sign, and domestic investors tend to follow their counterparties without appropriate fundamental information. From there, there are signs of herding behavior of domestic investors following foreign investors in transactions on the stock market in Vietnam.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.316-319
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• 2003

Titratable acidity, pH, color, and pungency characteristics of commercial kimchi were investigated. Titratable acidity and of pH commercial kimchi waried significantly from pH 3.88 and titratable acidity 0.28% in non-fermented kimchi, to pH 6.20 and titratable acidity 1.13% in over-fermented one. Capsaicinoid contents of kimchi showed low pungency intensity of 0.18% to strong pungency intensity of 2.02, and American spice trading association value of kimchi samples ranged $0.52{\sim}4.1$.

• The Journal of Information Technology
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.181-193
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• 1998

The measure of public information flow developed here is the number of order frequency. In the first part of the analysis, I document the general pattern of public information, with an emphasis on the intraday arrival of information. Overall, I find that public information arrival is nonconstant Consistent with earlier studies, I find that information arrival exhibits an inverted U-shape pattern across intraday trading. Over the average trading day, the flow of public information increases throughout the morning hours and then falls over the period, between 3:00 P.M. and 3:05. The second part of my analysis focuse is the relation between the public information variable and measure of intraday order frequency, specifically insignificant effect. According to time flow in the intraday trading, although the number of insignificant effect is increasing moderately, the result is remarkable in light of the aggreate nature of the public information and order frequency variable employed. The foreigner's investor group changes homogenously.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.105-116
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• 2023

Improved fish post-harvest technologies (IFPT) have been promoted as more efficient methods of fish processing, preservation, and value addition than the traditional methods prevalent in developing countries. The adoption rates, however, do not appear to be convincing. The purpose of this study was to determine the socio-demographic and psychological factors that influence intention of Kenyan farmed fish traders to use IFPT. The technology acceptance model (TAM) was used to properly explain the impact of TAM constructs such as perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), and attitude (ATT), as well as socio-demographic factors such as gender, age, education level and fish trading experience on traders' intention to use the technologies. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect data using a semi-structured questionnaire from 146 traders in Busia, Siaya and Kakamega counties. At a significance level of p = 0.05, a linear regression model was used to examine the socio-demographic and psychological determinants of the traders' behavioral intention to use the improved technologies. The regression analysis revealed that PU (β = 0.443; p = 0.000), PEOU (β = 0.364; p = 0.000) and ATT (β = 0.615; p = 0.000) influence traders' intention to use IFPT, with ATT having the highest influence on intention. However, the traders' socio-demographic characteristics have no effect on their intention to use the technologies, as the coefficients for gender (β = 0.148; p = 0.096), age (β = 0.016; p = 0.882), level of education (β = -0.135; p = 0.141) and fish trading experience (β = 0.017; p = 0.869) are all insignificant. These findings show that the traders intend to use IFPT and will use them when it is in their best economic interests.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2020.01a
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• pp.197-199
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• 2020

환경문제와 더불어 우리나라의 신재생 에너지에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 현재 한전과의 상계거래 체결을 통해 관리되고 있는 태양광 에너지 관리는 친환경 신재생 에너지의 대표적 모델이다. 본 논문에서는 가정에서 발생하는 태양광패널의 잉여 전력량을 이웃과 거래하는 P2P(Peer to Peer)방식을 제안하였다. 제안하는 방식을 통하여 각 가구의 데이터를 활용하여 에너지에 대한 수요-공급량을 도출하고 균형거래가격을 결정하여 참여자 간 합리적 에너리 관리가 가능하다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2024.01a
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• pp.441-442
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• 2024

최근 경제적 어려움과 물가 상승으로 인해 생활비 부담이 증가함에 따라, 생활비 절감을 위해 중고 거래를 이용하는 대학생들이 증가하고 있다. 그러나 기존 대학생을 위한 중고거래 플랫폼은 제한적이며, 대학 커뮤니티에서는 서적 중심의 거래로 중고 거래의 다양성이 부족하고 해당 서비스 이용이 번거롭다. 이러한 점을 개선하기 위해, 본 연구에서는 대학생들이 다양한 중고 물품을 저렴하게 학교에서 직거래할 수 있는 중고거래 및 대여 시스템인 "U-bo"를 개발하였다. 효율적인 거래 관리 시스템과 실시간 채팅 기능을 통해 사용자 경험을 향상시키며 맞춤형 이용이 가능하다. "U-bo"를 통해 학생들의 생활비 절약과 환경 보호에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.

• The Korean Journal of Financial Management
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.41-79
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• 2007

This study examines the expiration-day effects of stock index futures and options in the Korean stock market. The so-called 'expiration-day effects', which are the abnormal stock price movements on derivatives expiration days, arise mainly from cash settlement. Index arbitragers have to bear the risk of their positions unless they liquidate their index stocks on the expiration day. If many arbitragers execute large buy or sell orders on the expiration day, abnormal trading volumes are likely to be observed. If a lot of arbitragers unwind positions in the same direction, temporary trading imbalances induce abnormal stock market volatility. By contrast, if some information arrives at market, the abnormal trading activity must be considered a normal process of price discovery. Stoll and Whaley(1987) investigated the aggregate price and volume effects of the S&P 500 index on the expiration day. In a related study, Stoll and Whaley(1990) found a similarity between the price behavior of stocks that are subject to program trading and of the stocks that are not. Thus far, there have been few studies about the expiration-day effects in the Korean stock market. While previous Korean studies use the KOSPI 200 index data, we analyze the price and trading volume behavior of individual stocks as well as the index. Analyzing individual stocks is important for two reasons. First, stock index is a market average. Consequently, it cannot reflect the behavior of many individual stocks. For example, if the expiration-day effects are mainly related to a specific group, it cannot be said that the expiration of derivatives itself destabilizes the stock market. Analyzing individual stocks enables us to investigate the scope of the expiration-day effects. Second, we can find the relationship between the firm characteristics and the expiration-day effects. For example, if the expiration-day effects exist in large stocks not belonging to the KOSPI 200 index, program trading may not be related to the expiration-day effects. The examination of individual stocks has led us to the cause of the expiration-day effects. Using the intraday data during the period May 3, 1996 through December 30, 2003, we first examine the price and volume effects of the KOSPI 200 and NON-KOSPI 200 index following the Stoll and Whaley(1987) methodology. We calculate the NON-KOSPI 200 index by using the returns and market capitalization of the KOSPI and KOSPI 200 index. In individual stocks, we divide KOSPI 200 stocks by size into three groups and match NON-KOSPI 200 stocks with KOSPI 200 stocks having the closest firm characteristics. We compare KOSPI 200 stocks with NON-KOSPI 200 stocks. To test whether the expiration-day effects are related to order imbalances or new information, we check price reversals on the next day. Finally, we perform a cross-sectional regression analysis to elaborate on the impact of the firm characteristics on price reversals. The main results seem to support the expiration-day effects, especially on stock index futures expiration days. The price behavior of stocks that are subject to program trading is shown to have price effects, abnormal return volatility, and large volumes during the last half hour of trading on the expiration day. Return reversals are also found in the KOSPI 200 index and stocks. However, there is no evidence of abnormal trading volume, or price reversals in the NON-KOSPI 200 index and stocks. The expiration-day effects are proportional to the size of stocks and the nearness to the settlement time. Since program trading is often said to be concentrated in high capitalization stocks, these results imply that the expiration-day effects seem to be associated with program trading and the settlement price determination procedure. In summary, the expiration-day effects in the Korean stock market do not exist in all stocks, but in large capitalization stocks belonging to the KOSPI 200 index. Additionally, the expiration-day effects in the Korean stock market are generally due, not to information, but to trading imbalances.