• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.11-25
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• 2024

The purpose of this study is to investigate the improvement of prediction performance and changes in variable importance in SEM-ANN two-stage analysis. 366 cosmetics repurchase-related survey data were analyzed and the results were presented. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, in SEM-ANN two-stage analysis, SEM and ANN models were trained with train data and predicted with test data, respectively, and the R² was showed. As a result, the prediction performance was doubled from SEM 0.3364 to ANN 0.6836. Looking at this degree of R² improvement as the effect size f² of Cohen (1988), it corresponds to a very large effect at 110%. Second, as a result of comparing changes in normalized variable importance through SEM-ANN two-stage analysis, variables with high importance in SEM were also found to have high importance in ANN, but variables with little or no importance in SEM became important in ANN. This study is meaningful in that it increased the validity of the comparison by using the same learning and evaluation method in the SEM-ANN two-stage analysis. This study is meaningful in that it compared the degree of improvement in prediction performance and the change in variable importance through SEM-ANN two-stage analysis.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.30-40
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• 2016

This study related to get skin improvement effect of sheet mask pack using 5% of $2^{nd}$ fermented snail extract. To the scientific study of the skin, it was used for this sheet mask of 100% cotton as cutting face shape. We reported the results of measurement of skin improvement effect with the placebo and Gene-SEM (general snail extract mask). First; moisturizing effect of 2F-SEM ($2^{nd}$ fermented snail extract mask) has been increased about 11% than the PM and Gene-SEM was improved about 4.7% more than the PM (placebo mask). Second; elasticity of the mask pack containing $2^{nd}$ fermented snail extract was 13.8% better than PM and Gene-SEM was improved about 6.7 % more than PM. Third; Skin roughness of 2F-SEM has improved 6.80% than PM and Gene-SEM was improved about 2.3% more than PM. Fourth; melanin reductive effect of 2F-SEM was improved about15.0% more than PM and Gene-SEM was improved about 8.7% more than PM. Fifth; fine wrinkle decline effect of 2F-SEM was about 8.0% better than PM and Gene-SEM was improved with 5.1% more than PM. Sixth; sensorial evaluation of 2F-SEM using $2^{nd}$ fermented snail extract was significantly showed difference merits regarding softness, moisture, fine-wrinkle improvement.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.33-45
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• 2024

In this study, we conducted a comparative study of Korea, China, and India on the influencing factors of internet shopping repurchase intention through SEM-ANN two-stage analysis, and analyzed changes in predictive performance and variable importance. As a result, through SEM analysis, it was confirmed that the factors influencing repurchase intention in internet shopping are different between Korea, China, and India. It has been proven that the R² of SEM is improved through ANN. And It has been proven that statistical-conclusion-validity was improved through which the size of the path coefficient in SEM remained similar to that of ANN's variable importance analysis.

• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.37-54
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• 2019

The main purpose of STEM education is to understand methods of inquiry in each discipline to develop convergent problem solving skills. To do this, we must first understand the problem-solving process that is regarded as an essential component of each discipline. The purposes of this study is to understand the relationship between the problem solving in science (S), engineering (E), mathematics (M), and computational thinking (CT) based on the comparative analysis of problem solving processes in each SEM discipline. To do so, first, the problem solving process of each SEM and CT discipline is compared and analyzed, and their commonalities and differences are described. Next, we divided the CT into the instrumental and thinking skill aspects and describe how CT's problem solving process differs from SEM's. Finally we suggest a model to explain the relationship between SEM and CT problem solving process. This study shows how SEM and CT can be converged as a problem solving process.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.91-111
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• 2023

This study aims to identify the influencing factors of intention to use cloud services using the SEM-ANN two-step approach. In previous studies of SEM-ANN, SEM presented R² and ANN presented MSE(mean squared error), so analysis performance could not be compared. In this study, R² and MSE were calculated and presented by SEM and ANN, respectively. Then, analysis performance was compared and feature importances were compared by sensitivity analysis. As a result, the ANN default model improved R² by 2.87 compared to the PLS model, showing a small Cohen's effect size. The ANN optimization model improved R² by 7.86 compared to the PLS model, showing a medium Cohen effect size. In normalized feature importances, the order of importances was the same for PLS and ANN. The contribution of this study, which links structural equation modeling to artificial intelligence, is that it verified the effect of improving the explanatory power of the research model while maintaining the order of importance of independent variables.

• Applied Microscopy
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• v.39 no.1
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• pp.65-72
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• 2009

Cryo-SEM which enables specimens to be observed in frozen form has been used to study liquid specimens in their native states. Cryo-methods, sample preparation for cryo-SEM, are quite complex and involve several discrete but vitally interconnected steps which are rapid cooling, fracturing, sectioning, etching and coating. It is important to select practical techniques and to optimize conditions of each steps considering analytic purpose and specimen characters, viz., sample dimension, water contents. In this study, etching methods and sample preparation before freezing had been studied for observation of cyanobacteria, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 using cryo-SEM and their cryo-SEM images were compared to Conventional SEM (CSEM) images treated by chemical fixation. We could observe the improved morphological images of the pili of the surface and membranes of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and the three-dimensional architectures of their biofilm, which were difficult to observe using chemical fixation and CSEM. These results suggest that cryo-methods/cryo-SEM are useful techniques for morphological study of biological specimen.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.175-182
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• 1999

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) has played an important role in receptor modeling area because it is a powerful tool for characterizing individual particles. The purpose of the study was to classify individual diesel particles base on statistical analysis and image analysis by SEM/EDX (energy dispersive x-ray analyser). The diesel particles were sampled by both a modified CVS 75 mode and a high speed mode with a chassis dynamometer. The SEM/EDX system provides various physical parameters including particle's particle diameter and chemical information. Thus density and mass of the diesel particle were estimated cased on its chemical composition and further fractal dimensions of the diesel particle were obtained by the Hurst exponent method. The fractal dimension in the sample of modified CVS 75 mode was higher than the high speed mode. Finally, mass fractions for a diesel vehicle as a source profile were estimated cased on a particle class concept.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.9-14
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• 2006

This study was carried out to investigate the distribution and penetration of PEG molecules into the cell wall of wood by SEM-EDS method. SEM observation indicated that the cell walls of PEG-treated specimen were swollen, and didn't show any change in their shapes, while the cells of untreated specimen were more or less collapsed. The results of X-ray analyses of potassium stained samples revealed the distribution of the impregnated chemicals within the cell walls, when considering the distribution of potassium ions in the cell walls. Consequently, this study supported the possibility of PEG molecules penetrated into the wood cell wall play an important role in enhancing the dimensional stability of wood.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Emotion and Sensibility Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.109-113
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• 2001

The purpose of this paper is to propose an analytical method for evaluating user satisfaction of Internet websites using the structural equation model(SEM). This paper is intended to identify critical evaluation factors of user satisfaction for websites to determine criteria for evaluating the websites, and use the criteria to develop a SEM model for quantitatively evaluation of each factors' effects of user satisfaction. The SEM model used 2 variables of usability and good-looks for the evaluation factors of websites user satisfaction and each factors have 4 sub evaluation criteria, 3 portal sites were evaluated to construct the SEM model, and 155 subjects participated the website evaluation using the walk-through and face-to-face survey method. Analysis results showed that the SEM model was statistically significant for all the 3 websites evaluated. Both the usability and good-looks two factors also showed significant effects to user satisfaction of websites and have positive correlation. The user satisfaction was more effected by the usability factor than good-looks, and the simplification and harmonization were the most critical sub-factors of the usability and good-looks.

• Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.75-82
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• 2008

National technical qualification does not recognised degree of working-career in labor market and an industrial field situation. National qualification is supply to nurture expert manpower and accomplish of self-development and a duty accomplishment ability improvement at a side of personal. So, This study is purposed to find that a method for recognition of working-career on the national technical qualification system According to, this study is designed to questionnaire with BSC(Balaced ScoreCard), SEM(Structure Equation Model) with the delphi method, and is analysed using the AMOS 7.0 program package. Finally, This study is suggested growing to qualification standard for an examination a degree of master craftsman only under the change of national qualification systematization as a standard to operation and control.