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The Influence of Employees' Perception and Performance Expectations on Intention to Use and IT Technology Introduction in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4차 산업혁명의 IT기술에 대한 의료기관 종사자의 인식과 성과기대가 IT기술도입 및 사용의도에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Sung Il;Kim, Young Hoon;Hyun, Sook-Jung
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.25 no.2
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    • pp.57-68
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of hospital employees' perceptions and performance expectations on IT technologies introduction and intention to use in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Methodology: A survey was conducted on 524 employees at 42 hospitals. Pearson's correlation analysis, regression analysis, Sobel test, and structural equation were used for the analysis. Findings: The factors of technical situation (complexity, compatibility, technical readiness, and security concerns), those of environmental situation (competitive pressure and regulatory support), and organizational situation (top management support and costs) have influenced on the recognition of employees in the hospital and the performance expectations. IT technology introduction and use intention have been influenced by technical situation, organizational situation, and environmental situation in order. But security concerns and cost factors have not statistically affected. In addition, due to the perception and performance expectations of hospital employee who have a role in mediating the introduction and use intention of IT technology, the greater the perception and performance expectations of hospital employees, the higher the intention of introduction and usage of IT technology. Practical Implications: Rather than considering the position of external customers and the position of competitive hospitals, more attention is required for the perception and performance expectations of the internal members.

Prediction of pressure equalization performance of rainscreen walls

  • Kumar, K. Suresh;van Schijndel, A.W.M.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.325-345
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    • 1999
  • In recent years, rainscreen walls based on the pressure equalization principle are often used in building construction. To improve the understanding of the influence of several design parameters on the pressure equalization performance of such wall systems, a theoretical consideration of the problem may be more appropriate. On this basis, this paper presents two theoretical models, one based on mass balance and the other based on the Helmholtz resonator theory, for the prediction of cavity pressure in rigid rainscreen walls. New measures to assess the degree of pressure equalization of rainscreen walls are also suggested. The results show that the model based on mass balance is sufficiently accurate and efficient in predicting the cavity pressure variations. Further, the performance of the proposed model is evaluated utilizing the data obtained from full-scale tests and the results are discussed in detail.

Optimization of trusses under uncertainties with harmony search

  • Togan, Vedat;Daloglu, Ayse T.;Karadeniz, Halil
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.37 no.5
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    • pp.543-560
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    • 2011
  • In structural engineering there are randomness inherently exist on determination of the loads, strength, geometry, and so on, and the manufacturing of the structural members, workmanship etc. Thus, objective and constraint functions of the optimization problem are functions that depend on those randomly natured components. The constraints being the function of the random variables are evaluated by using reliability index or performance measure approaches in the optimization process. In this study, the minimum weight of a space truss is obtained under the uncertainties on the load, material and cross-section areas with harmony search using reliability index and performance measure approaches. Consequently, optimization algorithm produces the same result when both the approaches converge. Performance measure approach, however, is more efficient compare to reliability index approach in terms of the convergence rate and iterations needed.

Performance Requirement of Ship's Speed in Docking/Anchoring Maneuvering

  • Tatsumi, Kimio;Fujii, Hidenobu;Kubota, Takashi;Okuda, Shigeyuki;Arai, Yasuo;Kouguchi, Nobuyoshi;Yamada, Kozaburo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • v.1
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 2006
  • Questionnaire survey on performance requirement of ship’s speed such as not only accuracy but also response and robustness were carried out, and the experiments to survey the GPS performances of static and dynamic characteristics were carried out simultaneously. In this paper, the questionnaire survey focusing on docking maneuvering, some analytic results of the survey, the results of GPS performance, and the possibility of adaptation for docking maneuvering on SDME and GPS are discussed. Consequently, from the results of questionnaire survey the performance requirement of ship’s speed in docking/anchoring maneuvering have need under 1cm/sec on the standard deviation, and speed information from GPS was adopted to use maneuvering information in docking/anchoring.

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Recent Developments in Kaolin-Based Paper Coating Pigments : Innovating to Meet Changing Industry Needs

  • Johns, Ronald E.;Moore, John L.
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.34 no.5
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    • pp.77-85
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    • 2002
  • Kaolin has long been used in aqueous coatings to produce high-quality coated paper products. While the kaolin industry hat always focused on innovation. the rate of new product introduction hat never been greater than in the past five-to-eight years due to the cost, quality and other competitive pressure facing papermakers. After summarizing many of the performance benefits offered by the new generation of kaolin-baled pigments. this paper reviews four specific pigment advances: a high-performance. ultrafine glossing pigment; an engineered pigment with a narrow particle size distribution; two products from a kaolin-based pigment family developed for metered size presses ; and a novel class of inkjet pigments.

The Study on Structure Design of Spindle Motors for HDD (HDD용 스핀들모터의 구조 설계에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Sang-Uk;Kim, Jin-Hwan;Kim, Yong-Geun;Kim, Bo-Youl;Kim, Young-Bong
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2004.07e
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    • pp.17-20
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    • 2004
  • This paper is presented for the development of the brushless DC(BLDC) motor for the spindle motor of hard disk drives. To design the spindle motors for HDD, it is very important to consider the reduction of vibration and noises. To design the each parts and investigate the assemble of a motor, we need to calculate the press force and size variation according to the press force. If we design the each parts without the consideration of the size variation, we can not get good result of assemble and performance with exact size of parts. In this paper, we get the computer simulation results to verify optimal size and assemble.

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A near and far-field monitoring technique for damage detection in concrete structures

  • Providakis, Costas;Stefanaki, K.;Voutetaki, M.;Tsompanakis, J.;Stavroulaki, M.
    • Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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    • v.1 no.2
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    • pp.159-171
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    • 2014
  • Real-time near and far-field monitoring of concrete structural components gives enough information on the time and condition at which damage occurs, thereby facilitating damage detection while in the same time evaluate the cause of the damage. This paper experimentally investigates an integrated monitoring technique for near and far-field damage detection in concrete structures based on simultaneous use of electromechanical admittance technique in combination with guided wave propagation. The proposed sensing system does not measure the electromechanical admittance itself but detect time variations in output voltages of the response signal obtained across the electrodes of piezoelectric transducers bonded on surfaces of concrete structures. The damage identification is based on the spectral estimation MUSIC algorithm. Experimental results show the efficiency and performance of the proposed measuring technique.

Structural performance of recycled aggregates concrete sourced from low strength concrete

  • Goksu, Caglar;Saribas, Ilyas;Binbir, Ergun;Akkaya, Yilmaz;Ilki, Alper
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.69 no.1
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    • pp.77-93
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    • 2019
  • Although much research has been carried out using recycled aggregates sourced from normal strength concrete, most of the buildings to be demolished are constructed with low strength concrete. Therefore, the properties of the concrete incorporating recycled aggregates, sourced from the waste of structural elements cast with low strength concrete, were investigated in this study. Four different concrete mixtures were designed incorporating natural and recycled aggregates with and without fly ash. The results of the mechanical and durability tests of the concrete mixtures are presented. Additionally, full-scale one-way reinforced concrete slabs were cast, using these concrete mixtures, and subjected to bending test. The feasibility of using conventional reinforced concrete theory for the slabs made with structural concrete incorporating recycled aggregates was investigated.

Core loss Calculation of a Permanent Magnetic Motor Considering Mechanical Stress (영구자석 전동기 철심의 기계적 응력을 고려한 철손 해석)

  • Kim, Ji-Hyun;Ha, Kyung-Ho;Kwon, Oh-Yeoul;Kim, Jae-Kwan;La, Min-Soo;Lee, Sun-Kwon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2009.07a
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    • pp.851_852
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    • 2009
  • Shrink fitting which is assembling process to fix stator core on the motor frame is widely used at the mass production line of motors because of cost and productivity. This process produces compressive stress on a stator core, which causes negative effect for example, core and copper losses on motor performance. Magnetic properties of electrical steel are effected by both compressive and tensile and thermal stresses. Electromagnetic field analysis is considered one of the effective process since one can predict motor performance including core loss precisely. This method can consider non linear magnetic property with magnetic saturation which is typical electrical steel behavior. However this method is strongly depended on non linear magnetic data, one may have different calculation result whether considering mechanical stress or not. This study describes magnetic field analysis of a motor considering mechanical stress from shrink fitting. Analysis results are compared with each stress-free and stressed condition.

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