• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.159-165
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• 2024

The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) has been used as a tool to accurately extract the Total Electron Content (TEC) in the ionosphere. The multi-GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, and QZSS) constellations bring new opportunities for ionospheric research. In this study, we develop a regional ionospheric TEC model using GPS, Galileo, and QZSS measurements. To develop an ionospheric model covering the Asia-Oceania region, we select 13 International GNSS Service (IGS) stations. The ionospheric model applies the spherical harmonic expansion method and has a spatial resolution of 2.5°×2.5° and a temporal resolution of one hour. GPS TEC, Galileo TEC, and QZSS TEC are investigated from January 1 to January 31, 2024. Different TEC values are in good agreement with each other. In addition, we compare the QZSS(J07) TEC and the Center for Orbit Determination in Europe (CODE) Global Ionosphere Map (GIM) TEC. The results show that the QZSS TEC estimated in the study coincides closely with the CODE GIM TEC.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.6.1-6.17
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• 2024

The intricate role of innate type-2 cytokines in immune responses is increasingly acknowledged for its dual nature, encompassing both protective and pathogenic dimensions. Ranging from defense against parasitic infections to contributing to inflammatory diseases like asthma, fibrosis, and obesity, these cytokines intricately engage with various innate immune cells. This review meticulously explores the cellular origins of innate type-2 cytokines and their intricate interactions, shedding light on factors that amplify the innate type-2 response, including TSLP, IL-25, and IL-33. Recent advancements in therapeutic strategies, specifically the utilization of biologics targeting pivotal cytokines (IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13), are discussed, offering insights into both challenges and opportunities. Acknowledging the pivotal role of innate type-2 cytokines in orchestrating immune responses positions them as promising therapeutic targets. The evolving landscape of research and development in this field not only propels immunological knowledge forward but also holds the promise of more effective treatments in the future.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.105-114
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• 2024

Purpose : Due to the uncertainty of the global trade environment and the trade downturn, the shipping industry continues to face challenges. This study aims to investigate in-depth analysis of crisis overcoming strategies through case study of a company that is leader in the shipping and logistics industry. Research Desigh and Methodology : In order to conduct an in-depth analysis, a single case analysis was selected as a qualitative study. For this purpose, various secondary sources were used, and indirect interview data were also used. In this study, Maersk was selected because it has grown from a traditional shipping logistics company to a digital platform company. Results: Maersk has transformed itself into a comprehensive, digital logistics platform with several key strategies to respond to the long-term slump in the shipping industry. First, it leveraged Maersk's diversification and portfolio optimization strategy. Second, Maersk is transforming its logistics and transport processes through digitalization and technological innovation. Conclusion: Maersk, which is responding to the long-term recession facing the shipping industry, looked at how it has leveraged its strengths and explored new opportunities through a number of strategies and changes. This study provides insight into a digital logistics platform that will benefit the other companies as well.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.43-75
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• 2021

Clearly, the smartphone is increasingly playing a greater role in everyday life, thus providing opportunities to evaluate how well the use of the smartphone meets the requirements of undergraduate students in independent learning outside of a classroom setting. This study used the task-technology fit (TTF) model to explore the effectiveness of smartphone usage to interact with learning materials in independent learning outside of classrooms, the need for smartphone support, and the fit of devices to tasks as well as performance. First, the study used interviews, observation, and survey data to identify what are the most important constructs of smartphones that stimulate students to interact with learning materials in independent learning outside of classrooms. Based on the findings from the exploratory study and Task Technology Fit theory, we postulated the Navigation design, Ergonomic design, Content support, and Capacity as the essential dimension of the smartphone construct. Then, we proposed a research model and empirically tested hypotheses with the structural model analysis. The results reveal a significant positive impact of task and technology on TTF for smartphone usage to interact with learning materials in independent learning outside of classrooms; it also confirmed the TTF and performance have a direct effect on actual use.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.620-636
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to analyze one science teacher's understanding of student argumentation and his explicit teaching strategies for implementing it in the classroom. One middle school science teacher, Mr. Field, and his students of 54 participated in this study. Data were collected through three semi-structured interviews, 60 hours of classroom observations, and two times of students' lab reports for eight weeks. Coding categories were developed describing the teacher's understanding of scientific argumentation and a description of the main teaching strategy, the Claim-Evidence Approach, was introduced. Toulmin's approach was employed to analyze student discourse as responses to see how much of this discourse was argumentative. The results indicated that Mr. Field defined scientific inquiry as the abilities of procedural skills through experimentation and of reasoning skills through argumentation. The Claim-Evidence Approach provided students with opportunities to develop their own claims based on their readings, design the investigation for evidence, and differentiate pieces of evidence from data to support their claims and refute others. During this approach, the teacher's role of scaffolding was critical to shift students' less extensive argumentation to more extensive argumentation through his prompts and questions. The different level of teacher's involvement, his explicit teaching strategy, and the students' scientific knowledge influenced the students' ability to develop and improve argumentation.

• 한국과학교육학회지
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• 제27권8호
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• pp.677-692
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• 2007

In this study, university students were provided with repeated opportunities to represent their ideas graphically, and to examined via their drawings the extent to which they could visualize macroscopic phenomena microscopically. These drawings provided insight into the students' basic understanding of solution chemistry, revealing three conceptual models: the Undifferentiated Symbolic Model, the Particulate Model, and the Symbolic Ionic Model. Generally speaking, students who had poor conceptual understanding tended to exhibit the Undifferentiated Symbolic Model, whereas students with deeper understanding tended to employ the Symbolic Ionic Model. Students' conceptual comprehension was predictable from their graphical representations, which better elucidated what they actually comprehended about the phenomena, as opposed to their ambiguous verbal descriptions alone. The results of this study demonstrated a lack of development in university students' conceptions of solutions. Their weakness in understanding at the molecular-level became more obvious when they were asked to represent their ideas in drawings. Few students exhibited expert knowledge, and several common misconceptions were found, which indicated typical difficulties students have perceiving common phenomena at the molecular level. The findings of this study illustrate how eliciting graphical representations can be used to assess students' conceptual understandings.

• Journal of Yeungnam Medical Science
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.134-138
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• 2024

Lung retransplantation (LRT) involves a second or subsequent lung transplant (LT) in a patient whose first transplanted graft has failed. LRT is the only treatment option for irreversible lung allograft failure caused by acute graft failure, chronic lung allograft dysfunction, or postoperative complications of bronchial anastomosis. Prehabilitation (rehabilitation before LT), while patients are on the waiting list, is recognized as an essential component of the therapeutic regimen and should be offered throughout the waiting period from the moment of listing until transplantation. LRT is particularly fraught with challenges, and prehabilitation to reduce frailty is one of the few opportunities to address modifiable risk factors (such as functional and motor impairments) in a patient population in which there is clearly room to improve outcomes. Although rehabilitative outcomes and quality of life in patients receiving or awaiting LT have gained increased interest, there is a paucity of data on rehabilitation in patients undergoing LRT. Frailty is one of the few modifiable risk factors of retransplantation that is potentially preventable. As such, it is imperative that professionals involved in the field of retransplantation conduct research specifically exploring rehabilitative techniques and outcomes of value for patients receiving LRT, because this area remains unexplored.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2024

Purpose: Numerous prior researchers have identified only that sustainable management of ESG factors promotes business value creation and shapes enhanced innovation performance. This study aims to determine the positive relationships between ESG management and economic development, focusing on the mutual benefits and risks and the various stakeholders involved in managing change. Research design, data and methodology: This study selected the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) statement as a key methodology. Literature search used the following databases: Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar. The quality assessment criteria for selected prior studies ranged from issues like design, sample size and the representativeness of the subjects, validity of measurements, and analytical strength. Results: The findings of this study indicates that there are four critical solutions for economic development triggers using ESG strategy, such as (1) ESG and Innovation-Driven Growth, (2) ESG and Human Capital Development, (3) ESG and Operational Efficiency, (4) ESG and Market Opportunities. This study insists that public-private partnerships are critical for enhancing sustainable economic development and meeting the needs of society. Conclusions: It is, therefore, important for governments and policymakers to play a critical role in setting the proper framework that allows for the uptake of ESG and an enabling environment for sustainable economic development.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제83권1호
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• pp.38-49
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• 1994

산지의 점유율이 높은 지역중 국유림의 비중이 큰 세 지역을 대상으로 국유림관리가 지역사회에 미치는 영향을 살펴본 결과, 그 영향은 지역사회와 국유림과의 연계 정도, 그리고 해당 국유림이 갖는 경제적 자원의 부존량과 가간시설의 존재여부에 따라서 다르게 나타났다. 국유림경영의 지역사회에 대한 기여는 토지자원제공, 산물공급, 고용기회제공, 사회간접시설제공 등의 측면에 있다. 지역사회내에서 공익사업의 증가로 국유림으로부터의 토지자원제공은 계속 증가하고 있으며, 국유림의 산물공급은 주로 산림부산물로서 지역주민들의 연간소득중 21.6%가 이러한 국유림의 임산물 생산으로부터 얻어지고 있었다. 국유림내에서 이루어지는 산림작업에 의한 지역사회의 고용기회 창출은 매우 적었고, 국유림내에 시설된 임도는 사회간접자본시설로서의 역할이 미약하였다. 따라서 자원이용의 한계와 낮은 수익성으로 인하여 국가의 투자정책 우선순위에서 소외되었던 국유임 소재 지역사회의 발전을 촉진시키기 위해서는 지역사회의 경제활성화에 도움이 될 수 있도록 국유림을 경영하여야 할 것이다.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.143-167
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• 2013

도서관의 인력은 도서관서비스 수준을 결정하고, 도서관의 수준은 한 나라의 지적 역량을 가늠하는 가장 핵심적인 역할을 한다. 본 연구에서는 현재 문헌정보학과에 재학 중인 학생들을 대상으로 사서직 취업전망에 대한 인식을 조사하기 위하여 설문을 수행하였다. 연구 결과 첫째, 도서관으로 취업하고 싶다는 비율이 40%로, 다른 분야에 비해 상당히 높게 나타났다. 그들은 사서직 고용환경에 대해 부정적인 견해를 가지고 있음에도 불구하고 향후 발전가능성이 있다는 취업전망을 가지고 있었다. 둘째, 설문응답자가 희망하는 업무로 '문화프로그램 등 업무'가 가장 높게 나타났다. 셋째, 현재의 교육과정에는 대체로 만족하지만 취업지원프로그램으로 진로지도와 취업멘토링, 인턴십에 대해 높은 요구도를 나타냈다. 넷째, 학생들은 학업성적, 어학능력, 각종 자격증 취득, 인턴 및 실습, 경력관리를 매우 중요한 취업요건으로 고려하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 다섯째, 학생들의 직장선택에 영향을 주는 조직 환경적 요인은 보수와 복리후생, 자기발전 기회부여, 근무조건과 조직문화, 조직의 발전가능성 등의 순으로 나타났고, 개인적 요인은 개인의 적성, 취업분야 지식 및 기술 수준, 사회적 대우 및 인식, 전공일치여부, 직장과의 거리 등의 순으로 나타났다.