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Diversified Analysis of the Correlation between Investment and Performance of Korean R&D Programs (우리나라 국가연구개발사업 정부연구비 투입 대비 성과의 다각적 분석)

  • Shim, Woo-Jung;Kim, Eun-Sil
    • Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.1-27
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    • 2010
  • In this paper We analyze the correlation between investment and performance of Korean R&D programs, by six factors diversified, based on evolutionary economics of technology. National Science and Technology Information Service(NTIS) started from March, 2008 was used for collecting investment and performance data of national R&D program. We search the investment cost according to science-technology standard classification of Korea, research conductors, socio-economic objectives and cooperation types per year from 2002 to 2008, and we regard this data as "investment". Similarly, we search the number of papers, patents, commercializations, royalties and so forth according to science technology standard classification of Korea, research organizations, socio-economic objectives and cooperation types per year from 2002 to 2008, and this data is regarded as "performance". We expected analysis results of this investment and performance data confirm the diversified factors to affect advancement of science and technology. And we though, as a result, we will get some meaningful directions of investment of national R&D from the analysis results. But this study has several limitations because we did not consider enough microscopic characteristics of sector or technology, research organizations, cooperation network types, and external effect of social, politic, cultural factors.

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Chronological Changes of Women's Ideal Beauty through Facial Image and Fashion of Korean Actress in the Late Twentieth Century (20세기 후반 한국 여성 스타의 얼굴 이미지와 패션을 통해 본 이상적 여성미의 변천)

  • Baek, Kyoung-Jin;Hahn, So-Won;Kim, Young-In
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.62 no.5
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    • pp.44-58
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this research is to contemplate chronological changes of Korean actress facial image and fashion from 1960s to 1990s and to identify Korean women's ideal beauty reflected through the times. Adjectives describing representative actresses of each studied decade were collected from major newspapers and magazines. Korean women's ideal beauty was divided into 4 sub-types such as youthful, pure, sophisticate, and sexy images. As a result of analyzing actress facial image and fashion, youthful and pure beauties were found consistently over the studied periods. Representative characteristics of sophisticate and sexy beauties have been changed over the studied periods which were influenced by socio-cultural environment factors. The result of this research can provide meaningful sources for historical drama, celebrity marketing strategy planning, and personal image consulting.

Recognizing the Necessity for Developing Customer-Oriented New Products for the 4th Industrial Revolution (4차 산업혁명 시대를 대비한 고객 중심의 신제품 개발 필요성 인식 제고)

  • Oh, Won-geun
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.97-109
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    • 2020
  • It is expected that the Fourth Industrial Revolution will have a great impact on the manufacturing industry, especially as it will cause big changes in industry, economy as well as socio-cultural. To cope with this situation, each country is promoting the policy of cultivating its manufacturing. This study derives the effect of the fourth industrial revolution on product lifecycle management for smart manufacturing through expert's cognitive analysis. The knowledge area of product lifecycle management is divided into Project Portfolio Management, Collaborative Product Design, Customer Needs Management, Direct Material Sourcing, Product Data Management, Digital Manufacturing & Engineering, R&D Foundation, New Product Development through academic research. The expert survey was conducted in five different perspectives: Importance, Insufficiency. Then, using the results of the survey and the academic research the implication about Product Lifecycle Management were derived. The significance of this study is that it derives the change areas and factors of the product life cycle management knowledge domain in preparation for the fourth industrial revolution according to the perspective of importance and insufficiency.

A GIS Approach to Select a Suitable Site for Industrial Complex in North Korea (북한지역 산업단지 적지선정을 위한 GIS 적용)

  • 이근수;정종철
    • Spatial Information Research
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.241-249
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this paper is to provide the basic data to select the most proper site, which is essential for the economic activation of North Korea by means of the GIS tool. In this purpose, firstly, Nampo area is sampled as model case, classifying the factors into the natural environmental one and socio- cultural one. Secondly, to analyze the land use status and topographic status which is essential for natural environment factor. Besides USLE(Universal Soil Loss Equation), which is one of the disaster effect assessments, is being applied to suggest the selection method for minimizing the environment change by way of assuming the land effluence amount. The started could advance to prove the ideal model in selecting the most suitable site while minimizing the environmental change by means of the composite tool of GIS and USLE.

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Helping our Children with Homework: Homework as an Activity of Anxiety for First Generation Bilingual Korean American Mothers

  • Park, Hye-Yoon;Jegatheesan, Brinda
    • Child Studies in Asia-Pacific Contexts
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.91-107
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    • 2012
  • This study aimed to understand communicative and socialization practices of immigrant bilingual families in everyday learning situations by examining interactions between parents and children in the United States. Drawn on language socialization theory and socio-cultural factors influencing immigrants, this study explored how three Korean American mothers struggled as they helped their children with homework by interviewing the mothers and observing mother-child interaction during homework time. The study paid attention to the emotional values of immigrant parents that they tried to teach their children who are members in two distinctive communities, such as Korean American and mainstream American. The findings showed that parental socialization practices had effects on children's emotional and social competence and at the same time the socialization process was bidirectional. Mothers started with Korean values, but they faced challenges with the English language, different demands for American homework, and children's rejection of their attempts. Mothers needed to change their strategy and borrow American ways of keeping emotional distance from their children by acknowledging their independence. Their struggles are discussed with attention to their language choice and culture.

A Study on Gender Identity shown in Movie Costumes from 1930′s to 1990′s -Focused on the Third Sex - (1930-1990년대 영화 의상에 나타난 젠더 정체성(III) - 제 3의 성(the third sex)을 중심으로-)

  • 정세희;양숙희
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.21-37
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    • 2002
  • The third sex implying a mismatch between sex and gender has been regarded as an extreme socio-cultural violation. In its earlier version, such a violation was expressed by cross-dressing; Women's cross-dressing was thought to invoke eroticism, while men's cross-dressing was considered comic or delinquent. However, as feminism developed more with the homosexual identity expressed openly, the third sex began to be visual. Thus, in 1990's, some homosexual monies began to develop to be pluralized enough to suggest the third sex and thereby, change the negative sex into a positive one. In this study, such a pluralization is discussed in terms of invisibility, dichotomy and androgyny. The cross-dressing movies show females in male attire or males in female attire to reflect the third sex. The cross-dressing may be divided into men's playful cross-dressing, women's political cross-dressing and homosexuals'cross-dressing or 'drag'. Gender identity is not an attribute fixed by some physical characteristics, but it tends to be changed or expanded by some social factors over time. In short, it may be a flexible, plural, individual and self-introspective attribute. Movies present diverse types of gender identities, and in particular, the movie costumes specify them. In other words, the costumes may be model means expressing the gender identities, and the gender identities shown in the movies tend to be imitated, re-created or assumed by the audience.

A Study on Gender Identity shown in Movie Costumes from 1930′s to 1990′s -Focused on Masculinity and Feminity- (1930-1990년대 영화 의상에 나타난 젠더 정체성(I) -남성성(Masculinity), 여성성(Feminity)를 중심으로-)

  • 정세희;양숙희
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.40 no.5
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    • pp.63-78
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    • 2002
  • The movie costumes may serve to change individuals'ego identity, shift a gender identity to another one and make multiple and plural gender identities shared. The unique identities shown in movies can influence the audience to the extent that they will imitate characters's costumes or appearance in their real life, replacing their inner, unrealizable and private fantasy with real one. The purpose of this study is to review the movies produced in 1930's and thereafter by categorizing the socio-cultural gender concepts into masculinity and feminity. Masculinity and Feminity are not attributions fixed by some physical characteristics, but it tends to be changed or expended by some social factors over time. In short, it may be a flexible, plural, individual and self-introspecive attribute. Movies present diverse types of masculinity and feminity, and in particular, the movie costumes specify them. In other words, the costumes may be model means expressing the masculinity and feminity, and the gender identities shown in the movies tend to be imitated, re-created or assumed by the audience. All in all, the movie costumes serve to take on the confrontation of masculinity and feminity between inner, unrealizable and private fantasy and external reality and thereby, expand it from internal to external issue and thus, change or reform masculinity and feminity.

A Research Review of Village Chicken Production Constraints and Opportunities in Zimbabwe

  • Mapiye, C.;Mwale, M.;Mupangwa, J.F.;Chimonyo, M.;Foti, R.;Mutenje, M.J.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.21 no.11
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    • pp.1680-1688
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    • 2008
  • Development of village chicken production can be a sustainable way of helping to meet the welfare needs of rural populations and raise their living standards. There is a dearth of information on research conducted to characterize, understand and develop the village chicken production systems in Zimbabwe. This review focuses on constraints, opportunities and research needs for the improvement of village chicken productivity in Zimbabwe. Village chicken production in Zimbabwe is extensive and dominated by indigenous chickens that exhibit remarkable adaptation to local environments. The multitude functions of village chickens, which include the provision of high quality protein meat and eggs, cash through sales and socio-cultural roles, are discussed in detail. Human gender aspects in village chicken production are highlighted. The factors that hamper village chicken productivity are reviewed together with opportunities and research needs. The major constraints include shortage of feed, poor health and housing management. Any improvements in these constraints may lead to sustainable increase in village chicken productivity.

A Qualitative Study on the Self-identity Development of Career Women: Focusing on Parents-daughter Relationships (전문직 여성의 자아정체감 발달에 관한 질적 연구: 부모자녀관계를 중심으로)

  • Jung, Young-Hye;Yang, Sung-Eun
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.1-19
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study is to qualitatively investigate how career women form their self-identity in relationship to their parents from the viewpoint of life-span development, and to provide practical information helpful for understanding the change of relationship between parents and adult children and forming desirable parents-daughter relationships by developing the substance theory which suits the socio-cultural context of Korea. In this study, 24 unmarried women who have parents and engage in professional jobs were selected for an in-depth interview. From the findings of this study, 67 concepts, 29 subordinate categories and 13 categories were extracted during the process of open-coding; a research model was then constructed according to the paradigm of the grounded theory. It was found that there are three types: the reality-convinced type, the conflict-compromising type and the self-regulated type who "persistently worry about themselves and try to develop". These results verify the process of career women "worrying about themselves and developing constantly" and its structure by forming their self-identities, adjusting the effects of several contextual factors and using mediatory strategies in the developmental process of self-identity.

Mathematics and Arts of Renaissance on the Chaotic Perspective (카오스의 관점에서 본 르네상스의 수학과 미술)

  • Kye Young-Hee;Oh Jin-Kyoug
    • Journal for History of Mathematics
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.59-76
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    • 2006
  • This research focuses on the relationship between mathematics and visual art from a perspective of chaos theory which emerged under the influence of post-modernism. Culture and history, which transform dynamically with the passing of time, are models of complexity. Especially, when the three periods of Medieval, Renaissance, and 17-18 Centuries are observed, the Renaissance period is phase transition phenomenon era between Medieval and 17-18 Centuries. The transition stage between the late Medieval times and the Renaissance; and the stage between the Renaissance and the Modern times are also phase transitions. These phenomena closely resemble similarity in Fractal theory, which includes the whole in a partial structure. Phase transition must be preceded by fluctuation. In addition to the pioneers' prominent act of creation in the fields of mathematics and visual an serving as drive behind change, other socio-cultural factors also served as motivations, influencing the transformation of the society through interdependency. In particular, this research focuses on the fact that scientific minds of artists in the Renaissance stimulated the birth of Perspective Geometry.

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