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A Study on the Preparation and Characterstics of Fermented fruit-Vegetable Juice (발효과채쥬스의 제조 및 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Yoo-Kyeong;Bai, Young-Hee;Yoon, Sun
    • Korean journal of food and cookery science
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    • v.6 no.4 s.13
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    • pp.59-68
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    • 1990
  • Juices prepared from carrots, apples, and mandarin oranges were fermented with Leuconostoc mesenteroides or along with Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The pH of the fermented juices was not found significantly different between the mixed and single-cultured groups. The juices containing 0.5% NaCl had lower pH than the groups without 0.5% NaCl. The final pH of the single-cultured gruops was the highest among the sample groups. However, reducing sugar content of the mixed-cultured groups was lower than that of the single-cultured groups. The viable cells of the mixed-cutured groups were remarkably increased until 3 days of storage, and after 6 days they were gradually decreased. The results of the sensory evaluation demonstrated acidic, salty and alcoholic flavors were significantly different among the groups. The single-cultured group without salt was significantly more acidic than the non-pasteurized control group. The mixed-cultured group with salt was significantly more alcoholic than the group without salt and control groups. The non-pasteurized control group was significantly more homogeneous than the mixed-cultured groups and single-cultured group with salt. Preference ranking test showed that flavor and overall acceptability of the fermented juices was significantly different among the groups. Flavor of the single-cultured group without salt was found significantly better than those of the groups with salt. With the respect of overall acceptability, the single-cultured group without salt was significantly more acceptable than the non-pasteurized control group and the mixed-cultured group with salt.

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Improvement of Retrieval Performance using Automatically Weighted Image Features (영상 특징들에 자동 가중치 부여를 이용한 검색 성능 개선)

  • Kim, Kang-Wook;Park, Jong-Ho;Hwang, Chang-Sik
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SP
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.17-21
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    • 2000
  • Typical image features such as color, shape, and texture are used in content based image retrieved. Retrieval which uses only one image feature has little performance in case that the content of image is complex or database contains many images. So, many approaches for integrating these features have been studied. However, the problem of these approaches is how to appropriately weight the image features at query time. In this paper, we propose a new retrieval method using automatically weighted image features. We perform computer simulations in test database which consists of various kinds of images. The experimental results show that the proposed method has better performance than previous works, which use fixed weight for each feature mostly, in respect to several performance cvaluations such as precision vs recall, retrieval efficiency, and ranking measure.

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Evaluation of Proper Height for Squatting Stool and the Ergonomic Design of Wearable Stool (쪼그려 앉는 의자의 적절한 높이 평가와 착용의자의 인간공학적 디자인)

  • Jung, Hwa-S.;Jung, Hyung-Shik
    • IE interfaces
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.288-296
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    • 2005
  • Many jobs and activities in our daily lives require squatting postures. The fore part includes housekeepers, farmers, and welders and the latter includes a wide variety of activities such as housekeeping; planting, cultivating and harvesting various agricultural products; grinding, welding, etc. It is speculated that prolonged squatting postures without any supporting stool would gradually cause musculoskeletal injuries to workers. This study is conducted to examine the proper height of stools according to the position of the working materials and to develop wearable stools for workers with squatting posture. Forty male and female subjects participated in the experiment to find the proper height of stools according to the position of the working materials. Subjects were asked to squat and work with 3 different working positions: floor level; ankle level; shank level of 3 different stool height conditions: 10cm height; 15cm height; and 20cm height. After 5 minutes of maintaining a squatting work posture while sitting on the different height stools, Likert summated rating method as well as pairwise ranking test was applied to evaluate the user preferences for provided stools under the conditions of different working positions. The results of statistical analysis show that the subjects preferred 10cm height stool for floor level, 15cm height stool for ankle level, 20cm height stool for knee level. We thus strongly recommend to use appropriate height stools in accordance with the different working positions. Moreover, a prototype wearable stool was designed such that workers with squatting posture do not need to move the stool while they are moving about. The purpose of developing wearable stool was to decrease the physical stress and hence promote worker's health who work with squatting posture.

A Study on the Toxicity Analysis of Combustion Gases of Architectural Surface Materials and Architectural Adhesives (건축용 외장재와 접착제 연소가스의 독성분석에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Won-Jong;Park, Young-Ju;Lee, Hae-Pyeong;Lim, Suk-Hwan;Kim, Jung-In
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.48-52
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    • 2013
  • This study was carried out, using toxicity test apparatus, to analyze toxic gases of heat insulation material and adhesives of composite panels used for the architectural surface material when a fire occurs. The findings of this study show that CO, $CO_2$, HCOH, $CH_2CHCN$ and $NO_x$ were detected from styrofoam, reinforced styrofoam, polyurethane foam and glass fiber, but in the case of the polyurethane foam, HCl and HCN were detected as well. All the architectural adhesives released CO, $CO_2$ and $NO_x$, but HCHO was only detected from the adhesives for styrofoam, wood, tile, windows and doors; $CH_2CHCN$ was only from those for wood and stone; $C_6H_5OH$ was only from those for wood. The toxicity index was also measured for architectural surface material and adhesives. Polyurethane foam showed the highest index, 11.7, and glass fiber was followed as 6.8. Reinforced styrofoam showed 5.7 and styrofoam revealed the least 4.9. In the case of architectural adhesives, the highest ranking was those for stone 7.4, windows and doors 6.1, wood 5.3, tile 3.8, and styrofoam 3.7 were followed, respectively.

Bovine Mastitis in Zebu and Crossbred Cattle under the Extensive Management System in Tanzania

  • Shem, M.N.;Mosha, F.A.;Machangu, R.;Kambarage, D.;Fujihara, T.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.751-756
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    • 2002
  • A study was carried out to evaluate the incidences and causes of bovine mastitis in Tanzanian shorthorn zebu (Bos indicus) in the traditional sector and crossbred cows (Bos taurus${\times}$Bos indicus) in the dairy ranching sector, both found under the extensive range management system. Management practices were evaluated through a survey study using structured questionnaires. A total of 120 lactating cows (60 cows from each sector) were screened for the disease using the California Mastitis Test (CMT). Confirmatory tests used for infected cows included; the Direct Microscopic Somatic Cell Count (DMSCC), culture, bacteriological and biochemical laboratory assays. Survey results showed that management practices were generally very poor in both sectors with 84% of the surveyed herds being kept and milked under very unhygienic environmental conditions. The level of infection was higher in the crossbred cows (5% clinical and 38.3% sub-clinical mastitis) and lower in the zebu cows with only sub-clinical mastitis (23.3%). Crossbred cows had (p<0.05) higher somatic cell counts than zebu cows. The four highest-ranking bacterial isolates in order of importance were Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus agalactiae and Bacillus spp. It was concluded that bovine mastitis under the extensive management system in Tanzania was a result of poor management practices and that zebu cows were more resistant to the diseases than crossbred cows.

An Empirical Study on the Performance Improvement Strategy for Korean Shipping Companies by the Balance Score-card (외항선사의 성과개선 구축전략에 관한 실증연구)

  • Ahn, Ki-Myung;Um, Man-Sung;Ha, Min-Ho
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.185-192
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    • 2008
  • This paper firstly aims to classify the applicability of the Balanced Scorecard approach to Korean ocean-going shipping firms' management system. The applicability of this approach from Korean shipping firms using Balanced Scorecard will create more effective and efficient organizational performance with reflecting non-financial indexes and making a balance among missions in organization. Secondly, the paper suggests positive information and theoretical evidences to improve Korean shipping firms' management system with examining an availability of the Balanced Scorecard as one method of management tools. So these factors are analysed by structural equation model. This study provides CEO in Korean ocean-going shipping firm the guideline and availability of the Balanced Scorecard as to what kinds of factors should be considered and what is the most critical factor to adopt the BSC into their business.

Grading System of Movie Review through the Use of An Appraisal Dictionary and Computation of Semantic Segments (감정어휘 평가사전과 의미마디 연산을 이용한 영화평 등급화 시스템)

  • Ko, Min-Su;Shin, Hyo-Pil
    • Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.669-696
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    • 2010
  • Assuming that the whole meaning of a document is a composition of the meanings of each part, this paper proposes to study the automatic grading of movie reviews which contain sentimental expressions. This will be accomplished by calculating the values of semantic segments and performing data classification for each review. The ARSSA(The Automatic Rating System for Sentiment analysis using an Appraisal dictionary) system is an effort to model decision making processes in a manner similar to that of the human mind. This aims to resolve the discontinuity between the numerical ranking and textual rationalization present in the binary structure of the current review rating system: {rate: review}. This model can be realized by performing analysis on the abstract menas extracted from each review. The performance of this system was experimentally calculated by performing a 10-fold Cross-Validation test of 1000 reviews obtained from the Naver Movie site. The system achieved an 85% F1 Score when compared to predefined values using a predefined appraisal dictionary.

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A Comparative Evaluation about Force and Fatigue on Thumb according to Input Type for Repetitive Use of Mobile Phone (모바일 폰의 반복 사용 시 압력방식에 따라 엄지손가락에 발생하는 힘과 피로에 대한 비교평가)

  • Kim, K.M;Park, J.H.;Kim, G.H.;Son, K.
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.312-318
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of study was to evaluate effects for repetitive use of thumb according to two different input types (button and touch) of mobile phones. A total of eight young and healthy subjects (6 males and 2 females: $24.63{\pm}8.04$ years) volunteered, and force measurement on thumb using film type pressure sensor was carried out for an hour. Before the experiment De Quervain's syndrome test were performed to check the left and right muscles related with thumb motion and after measuring the pressing force fatigue feeling survey achieved. For a statistical analysis, 1-to-5 ranking scale was used to score the fatigue feeling. From the result of pressure measurement, forces acting on thumb in button type were 3.36 times (the right thumb) and 3.16 times (the left thumb) for the touch type. And the result of survey, fatigue by using the button type of mobile phone was largely triggered than by using touch type. The abductor pollicis brevis and the flexor pollicis brevis were found as common part of fatigue for repetitively using thumb during texting messages. In the further study, some quantitative fatigue comparisons for various input motions are required to analyze repetitive strain injury syndrome.

Nonparametric multiple comparison method in one-way layout based on joint placement (일원배치모형에서 결합위치를 이용한 비모수 다중비교법)

  • Seok, Dahee;Kim, Dongjae
    • The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.1027-1036
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    • 2017
  • Multiple comparisons are required to confirm whether or not something is significant if the null hypothesis to test whether the difference between more than three treatments is rejected in a one-way layout. There are both parametric multiple comparison method Tukey (1953) and Nonparametric multiple comparison method based on Kruskal-Wallis (1952).This procedure is applied to a mixed sample of all data and then an average ranking is used for each of three or more treatments. In this paper, a new nonparametric multiple comparison procedure based on joint placements for a one-way layout as extension of the joint placements described in Chung and Kim (2007) was proposed. Monte Carlo simulation is also adapted to compare the family wise error rate (FWE) and the power of the proposed method with previous methods.

The Cost Efficiency Analysis of JeollaNamdo Food Industry (전라남도 식품업체의 비용 효율성 분석)

  • Qing, Cheng Lin;Na, JuMong;Chang, Seog Ju;Im, Chang Uk
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.533-544
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    • 2015
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to analyze the cost efficiency of food industry in JeollaNamdo. And this study is focused on the correlation between the economic efficiency of food industry and its cost efficiency, based on the analysis of 372 food companies' data in JeollaNamdo in 2012. Methods: DEA cost minimization is the measurement of the cost efficiency of JeollaNamdo food industry in 2012. In this study, the CCR and BBC models have been employed to analyze the decomposing cost efficiency-technical efficiency, allocative efficiency, and scale efficiency respectively. And the Spearman rank correlation and Wilcoxon signed rank test also have been employed to check the correlation and difference between the ranking orders based on the efficiency scores respectively. Results: For the CCR model, mean cost efficiency was found to be 0.084(0.54 for allocative efficiency and 0.19 for technical efficiency). For the BCC model, mean cost efficiency was found to be 0.252(0.453 for allocative efficiency and 0.564 for technical efficiency). Average scale efficiency was found to be 0.38. In analyzing the results, this study argues that the optimal way to improve cost efficiency is by reducing inputs proportionally and changing their combination. Conclusion: The efficiency scores of the two models show high correlation, whereas, the differences between them are also found to be significant. Hence, it should be cautious to select a suitable model when we do the research.