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Flow Noise Analysis of Ship Pipes using Lattice Boltzmann Method (격자볼츠만기법을 이용한 선박 파이프내 유동소음해석)

  • Beom-Jin Joe;Suk-Yoon Hong;Jee-Hun Song
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.29 no.5
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    • pp.512-519
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    • 2023
  • Noise pollution poses significant challenges to human well-being and marine ecosystems. It is primarily caused by the flow around ships and marine installations, emphasizing the need for accurate noise evaluation of flow noise to ensure environmental safety. Existing flow noise analysis methods for underwater environments typically use a hybrid method combining computational fluid dynamics and Ffowcs Williams-Hawkings acoustic analogy. However, this approach has limitations, neglecting near-field effects such as reflection, scattering, and diffraction of sound waves. In this study, an alternative using direct method flow noise analysis via the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is incorporated. The LBM provides a more accurate representation of the underwater structural boundaries and acoustic wave effects. Despite challenges in underwater environments due to numerical instabilities, a novel DM-TS LBM collision operator has been developed for stable implementations for hydroacoustic applications. This expands the LBM's applicability to underwater structures. Validation through flow noise analysis in pipe orifice demonstrates the feasibility of near-field analysis, with experimental comparisons confirming the method's reliability in identifying main pressure peaks from flow noise. This supports the viability of near-field flow noise analysis using the LBM.

A Study on Social Issues and Consumption Behavior Using Big Data (빅데이터를 활용한 사회적 이슈와 소비행동 연구)

  • Baek, Seung-Heon;Kim, Gi-Tak
    • Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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    • v.13 no.8
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    • pp.377-389
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    • 2019
  • This study conducted social network big data analysis to investigate consumer's perception of Japanese sporting goods related to Japanese boycott and to extract problems and variables by recognition. Social network big data analysis was conducted in two areas, "Japanese boycott" and "Japanese sporting goods". Months of data were collected and investigated. If you specify the research method, you will identify the issues of the times - keyword setting using social network analysis - clustering using CONCOR analysis using TEXTOM and Ucinet 6 programs - variable selection through expert meetings - questionnaire preparation and answering - and validity of questionnaire Reliability Verification - It consists of hypothesis verification using the structural model equation. Based on the results of using the big data of social networks, four variables of relevant characteristics, nationality, attitude, and consumption behavior were extracted. A total of 30 questions and 292 questionnaires were used for final hypothesis verification. As a result of the analysis, first, the boycott-related characteristics showed a positive relationship with nationality. Specifically, all of the characteristics related to boycotts (necessary boycott, sense of boycott, and perceived boycott benefits were positively related to nationality. In addition, nationality was found to have a positive relationship with consumption behavior.

Convergence Research on Infection Awareness of Uniforms, Recognition of Laundry Rules, and Intention to Prevent Infectious Diseases: Focusing on Individualism, Collectivism, and Self-esteem (유니폼의 감염인식, 세탁 규정 인식, 감염병 예방 의도에 관한 융합연구: 개인주의, 집단주의, 자아존중감 중심으로)

  • Eun-Gyo Son;Il-Soon Park
    • Journal of Industrial Convergence
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.139-148
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    • 2023
  • This study was conducted through Google online survey from November 24 to November 26, 2021 targeting 276 students from the department of dental hygiene at a university in Gangwon-do. The purpose of this study was to investigate the infection awareness of uniforms, recognition of washing rules, and the intention to prevent infectious diseases through individualism and collectivist self-esteem. Statistical methods were analyzed using SPSS Statistics 24.0 and AMOS 21.0 as follows. For analysis, frequency analysis, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability analysis, structural equation, and ANOVA analysis were performed. As a result, it was confirmed that the models of uniform infection awareness, uniform washing rule recognition(p<.001), self-esteem, individualism, and collectivist intention to prevent infectious diseases were suitable(p<.001). Collectivism was found to affect the perception of uniform infection, the recognition of uniform washing rules, and the intention to prevent infectious diseases, confirming that self-esteem and collectivism had an effect on the change of perception for infection prevention. In the future, it will be possible to use the uniform washing method considering collectivism in infection control education of the dental hygiene.

The Effect of Proactive Accounts Receivable Management of SMEs on Credit Sales Decision and Business Performance (중소기업의 사전적 매출채권관리가 신용판매의사결정과 경영성과에 미치는 영향)

  • Yoon, Tae-Jun;Lee, Dong-Myung;Seo, Cheol-Seung
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.157-167
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    • 2022
  • This study was conducted to confirm the relationship between the proactive accounts receivable management of SMEs on credit sales decision making and business performance, and to derive effective accounts receivable management plan and systematic credit sales decision making plan. Based on 455 copies of data collected through a survey targeting SMEs, it was confirmed through factor analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and model fit verification, and the research hypothesis was verified with a structural equation model. As a result of the verification, credit rating had a positive effect on financial performance, sales performance and credit sales decision, while credit control had a positive effect on financial performance, while negative effect on sales performance and credit sales decision. In the mediating effect hypothesis test, credit sales decision had a positive effect between credit rating and business performance and a negative effect between credit control and business performance. The study suggests that if small and medium-sized enterprises improve their business performance through effective accounts receivable management, they can create a synergistic effect in enhancing the business performance of companies if they simultaneously improve their proactive accounts receivable management and credit sales decision ability. Future research is required to study the impact of factors such as segmentation of research subjects and credit transaction motives and accounts receivables management.

A study on perceived interactivity of Dance video contents and intention to use: Focused on YouTube (무용영상콘텐츠의 정보서비스 이용에 대한 상호작용성 인식과 이용지속의도에 관한 연구- 유투브를 중심으로)

  • Jung, Sae-Bom;Won, Do-Yeon;Jang, Young-Jin
    • 한국체육학회지인문사회과학편
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    • v.55 no.3
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    • pp.349-363
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was to perceived interactivity about experience of using dance video contents and intention to use. This study was examine an adaptive model of Technology Acceptance Model and focused on YouTube. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, total 350 questionnaires were surveyed and 311 data were finally analyzed. All data were processed through SPSS for Windows 20.0 version and AMOS 18.0. For the analysis of data, frequency analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis, model evaluation, and structural equation modeling techniques. The results were as follows. first. Perceived Interactivity had not affect on perceived usefulness but two-way communication, user control among the sub-factor in perceived Interactivity had a positive effect on perceived ease of use. second, perceived ease of use had a positive effect on perceived usefulness. Lastly, Perceived usefulness had not affect intention to use, but perceived ease of use had a positive effect on intention use.

Effects of Korean Elder's Four Major Pains on Suicidal Thought Mediated by Depression: Focused on Gyungrodang Users (노인의 사중고(四重苦)가 우울을 매개로 자살생각에 미치는 영향: 경로당 이용자를 중심으로)

  • Shin, Hakgene
    • 한국노년학
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.653-672
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    • 2011
  • The present study empirically confirmed Korean elder's four major pains consisted of poverty, disease, role loss, loneliness and investigated the mediating role of depression between the four major pains and the elder's suicidal thought. To investigate the cause and effect of factors, we conveniently collected 309 samples from 16 Gyungrodangs evenly located in Jeonju and 291 samples, survived the data cleaning such as missing values, outliers, normality and covariance conditions, were analyzed by frequency, factor analysis, reliability, confirmatory factor analysis and structural model analysis. Followed were the selected contributions of the present study. First, the constructs of four major pains such as poverty, disease, role loss, loneliness were predictors of suicidal thought mediated by depression. Second, the elder's poverty, that was the heaviest factor of the four major pain constructs, was a predictor of role loss leading to loneliness. Third, four major pains were predictors of the elder's depression. Note that poverty were not direct but indirect predictor of depression. The present study confirmed the concept of four major pains. Also those who practice in the area of the elderly care should consider the four major pains as well as depression while intervening in the elderly's suicidal thought.

Middle-aged Korean's Ageism Affecting Factors Mediated by Intergroup Anxiety (한국중년의 노인차별에 미치는 영향요인과 집단간불안의 매개효과)

  • Shin, Hakgene
    • 한국노년학
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.359-376
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    • 2012
  • The present study empirically confirmed knowledge of ageing and quality of contact were predictors affecting middle-aged Korean's ageism against the elderly and verified mediating role of intergroup anxiety between not only knowledge of ageing but also quality of contact and ageism. To investigate causalities of factors, we purposively collected 400 samples from 20 Dongs evenly located in Jeonju and 393 samples, survived the data cleaning such as missing values, outliers, normality and covariance conditions, were analyzed by frequency, factor analysis, reliability, confirmatory factor analysis and structural model analysis. Followed were the selected contributions of the present study. First, the knowledge of ageing and quality of contact were predictors of ageism mediated by intergroup anxiety. Second, the knowledge of ageing and quality of contact did not directly affect middle-aged Korean's ageism against the elderly. Third, intergroup anxiety had strong effect on ageism. The contributions suggested increasing knowledge of ageing and providing contact experience to middle-aged Korean as combating strategy against ageism.

Effects of Ego integrity on QoL of Elderly Living Alone: Focused on Moderating Role of SF36 Health Factors (독거노인의 자아통합감이 삶의 질에 미치는 영향: 주관적 건강요인별 조절효과를 중심으로)

  • Shin, Hakgene;Jeon, Sang-Nam;You, Gil-Jun;Lee, Eun-Yong
    • 한국노년학
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.1179-1195
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    • 2010
  • In this study, we investigated the effects of ego integrity on QoL(Quality of Life) of elderly living alone, where we focused on moderating role of SF36 health factors. To investigate the cause and effect of factors, we purposively collected 282 samples from senior welfare centers in Jeonju city and exploited reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis and SEM(Structural Equation Modeling) for 265 cases excluding some cases with missing values. As the results, first, we confirmed ego integrity was positive predictor of QoL. Second, it was proven that the effect of ego integrity on QoL of elderly living alone was stronger in the lower physical functioning group than higher physical functioning group. Third, we also verified that the group with more difficulties in activities or work as a result of poor physical health showed higher effect of ego integrity on QoL. Based on the results, we could explain the reason of conflicts regarding how elderly's health influenced on ego integrity. Also, in the practice of intervention to elderly's problem, we found the health factors could be an indicator of direction or effect of the intervention

The Relationship between Leisure Passion, Self-Realization, and Psychological Well-being of Participants in Leisure Activities of Baby boomers (베이비붐세대 여가활동 참여자의 여가열정과 자아실현 및 심리적 행복감의 관계)

  • Kyung-A, Oh
    • Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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    • v.40 no.5
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    • pp.1136-1148
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between leisure passion, self-realization, and psychological well-being for baby boomers who regularly participate in leisure activities, and to provide basic data for baby boomers to participate in leisure sports based on this. This study required the study of baby boomers born between 1995 and 1963 who participated in leisure activities in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province to fill out a questionnaire using the convenient sampling method among non-probability sampling. Frequency analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and structural equation model analysis were conducted through the SPSS 20.0 program to achieve the purpose of the study with a total of 310 data processing analysis. The results of this study are as follows. First, it was found that leisure passion has an effect on self-realization. Second, self-realization is affecting psychological well-being. Third, it was found that leisure passion affects psychological well-being. Therefore, it was found that all paths had a statistically significant effect on the relationship between leisure passion, self-realization, and psychological well-being according to the leisure participation of baby boomers. In addition, leisure passion was found to have an indirect effect on psychological well-being, indicating that it had a mediating effect.

An Exploratory Study on the Trustworthiness Analysis of Generative AI (생성형 AI의 신뢰도에 대한 탐색적 연구)

  • Soyon Kim;Ji Yeon Cho;Bong Gyou Lee
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.79-90
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    • 2024
  • This study focused on user trust in ChatGPT, a generative AI technology, and explored the factors that affect usage status and intention to continue using, and whether the influence of trust varies depending on the purpose. For this purpose, the survey was conducted targeting people in their 20s and 30s who use ChatGPT the most. The statistical analysis deploying IBM SPSS 27 and SmartPLS 4.0. A structural equation model was formulated on the foundation of Bhattacherjee's Expectation-Confirmation Model (ECM), employing path analysis and Multi-Group Analysis (MGA) for hypothesis validation. The main findings are as follows: Firstly, ChatGPT is mainly used for specific needs or objectives rather than as a daily tool. The majority of users are cognizant of its hallucination effects; however, this did not hinder its use. Secondly, the hypothesis testing indicated that independent variables such as expectation- confirmation, perceived usefulness, and user satisfaction all exert a positive influence on the dependent variable, the intention for continuance intention. Thirdly, the influence of trust varied depending on the user's purpose in utilizing ChatGPT. trust was significant when ChatGPT is used for information retrieval but not for creative purposes. This study will be used to solve reliability problems in the process of introducing generative AI in society and companies in the future and to establish policies and derive improvement measures for successful employment.