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What Factors Affect the Voluntary and Active Social Media Marketing Activities of Nonprofit Organization Members?

  • Cheolho Yoon;Jose Marti-Parreno
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.470-492
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    • 2024
  • For nonprofit organizations to effectively conduct social media marketing, which is characterized by viral marketing, it is essential that members engage in voluntary and active social media marketing activities. The purpose of this study was to present and empirically analyze the factors that influence the social media marketing activities of nonprofit organization members. To this end, this paper presents a research model that combines social capital and social cognitive theory based on the theory of reasoned action. To test this research model, valid survey data were collected from 317 members of nonprofit organizations in Korea and analyzed with structural equation modeling. The main results suggest that reciprocity, shared goals, outcome expectations, and self-efficiency affect the social media marketing activity intentions of nonprofit organization members through attitude and subjective norms. These results provide practical guidelines for the revitalization of social media marketing in nonprofit organizations.

Voluntary Intake and Digestibility of Saltbush by Sheep

  • Abu-Zanat, M.M.W.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.214-220
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    • 2005
  • The study was conducted to compare the dry matter intake and digestibility of Atriplex halimus (AH) and Atriplex nummularia (AN) and determine the proper proportion of saltbushes for partial replacement of alfalfa hay in the diets of Awassi sheep. The foliage of AH and AN were hand-plucked, air-dried in shade and then chopped mechanically similar to alfalfa hay. Two trials were conducted separately to determine voluntary feed intake and digestibility of saltbush browse. In the first trial, fifteen 8 month old Awassi lambs were distributed into 3 equal groups, and each animal was housed in individual pen. Each group received one of three dietary treatments: chopped alfalfa hay (H), dried foliage of Atriplex nummularia or foliage of Atriplex halimus. In the second trial, twentyseven 12 months old Awassi male lambs were randomly selected, distributed into nine equal groups, and housed into metabolic crates. Each group of animals received one of nine dietary treatments: alfalfa hay, AN, AH and different proportions (25, 50 and 75%) of AN or AH mixed with alfalfa hay. Forage type had a significant (p<0.001) effect on dry matter intake (DMI) and growth rate of lambs of the voluntary feed intake trial. Lambs receiving the alfalfa hay diet showed high DMI and high growth rate compared to those fed the diets containing saltbush. In the digestibility trial, dietary treatments had significant (p<0.05) effect on DMI, dry matter digestibility (DMD) (p<0.01) and organic matter digestibility (OMD) (p<0.01). The inclusion of AN in the diet up to 50% had no significant effect on DMI and DMD, whereas the inclusion of AH above 25% reduced DMI, DMD and OMD. The treatments had significant (p<0.05) effect on water intake and on live weight changes of lambs. Except for the diet containing 25% of AN browse, all lambs fed diets containing the saltbushes exhibited loss in body weight. The nutritive value of Atriplex nummularia foliage is better than that of A. halimus and it is possible to replace up to 50% of alfalfa hay by A. nummularia without negative effects on intake and digestibility of dry matter.

Effect of Type and Level of Foliage Supplementation on Voluntary Intake and Digestibility of Rice Straw in Sheep

  • Premartane, Sujatha;van Bruchem, J.;Perera, H.G.D.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.223-228
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    • 1997
  • In-vivo balance and nylon bag studies were conducted with rumen fistulated sheep to investigate the effect of type, i.e. Leucaena (L), Gliricidia (G) and Tithonia (T), and level (1, ~15; 2, ${\sim}30g\;DM/kg^{0.75}$) of foliage supplementation on voluntary intake and digestibility of rice straw. Inclusion of these leafy supplements in the diet significantly increase total feed intake. On a metabolic weight basis ($kg^{0.75}$), voluntary intake of digestible DM increased from 23.8 (control straw diet) till 27.7 (L1), 28.4(G1) and 33.1(T1) for the lover level, and till 34.8(L2), 35.9(G2) and 39.6(T2) $g/kg^{0.75}$ for the higher level of supplementation, respectively. Rumen pH was stable, on average 6.75 (control values) and ranging from 6.67 till 6.91 with the supplements. Rumen ammonia increased from 4.9 till 6.7 to 11.8 mmol/l with the supplements. The highest increase was obtained with G and the lover with L and T. The nylon bag studies showed that contrary to the rate of degradation of the supplements themselves, supplementation did not affect the in-sacco rate of straw dry matter degradation ($k_d$; range 1.87-2.08 %/h). At the higher supplement level, for L, G and T, $k_d$ values were 3.36, 8.16 and 8.58 %/h, respectively.

Evaluation of Masseter Muscle Activity by Occlusal tooth Contact Patterns (교합접촉 형태에 따른 교근활성의 평가)

  • Kim, Hee-Jung;Kim, Jin-A;Min, Jeong-Bum;Oh, Sang-Ho
    • Journal of Dental Rehabilitation and Applied Science
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 2007
  • There are have been reports that the distribution of electromyographical(EMG) activity is determined in a predictable manner by both the location and number of occlusal contacts. However, these reports placed an emphasis on whole dentition. Inclined plane contacts in the frontal plane are classified as A-, B- or C-types. Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relation between occlusal tooth contact patterns and EMG activity of masseter muscle during maximum voluntary clenching. Methods: Fifteen healthy human subjects(Mean age; 25.3 years) volunteered to participate in this study. Acrylic resin overlays were fabricated for upper 2nd premolars and 1st molars bilaterally, and offered 3 types(A-, B- and AB- type contact). EMG activity of the masseter muscles was recorded bilaterally during maximum voluntary clenching. Statistical analysis was performed using the one-way ANOVA. Results: The group with a A-type contact showed a statistically lower EMG activity of masseter muscle than that of natural group(p<0.05) and that of B- and AB- type groups(p<0.01) on both upper 2nd premolars and upper 1st molars. Conclusions: These results suggest that occlusal tooth contact patterns have an influence on EMG activity of masseter muscle during maximum voluntary clenching.

Preventing ID Mapping Attacks on DHT Networks through Non-Voluntary Node Locating (비 자율적 노드 위치 결정을 통한 DHT 네트워크 ID 매핑 공격 방지)

  • Lee, Cheolho;Choi, Kyunghee;Chung, Kihyun;Kim, Jongmyung;Yun, Youngtae
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.695-707
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    • 2013
  • DHT(Distributed Hash Table) networks such as Kademlia are vulnerable to the ID mapping attack caused by the voluntary DHT mapping structure where the location of a node is solely determined by itself on the network topology. This causes security problems such as eclipse, DRDoS and botnet C&C on DHT networks. To prevent ID mapping attacks, we propose a non-voluntary DHT mapping scheme and perform analysis on NAT compatibility, attack resistance, and network dynamicity. Analysis results show that our approach may have an equivalent level of attack resistance comparing with other defense mechanisms and overcome their limitations including NAT compatibility and network dynamicity.

User's Voluntary Heating Behavior for the Programming of the Efficient Heating Mode of Smart Base Layer Clothing (스마트 베이스 레이어 의복의 효과적인 발열모드 설정을 위한 사용자의 자율적 가열행동 연구)

  • Lee, Heeran;Hong, Kyunghi;Lee, Yejin;Kim, Soyoung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.872-882
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    • 2017
  • There are no specific guidelines on how to control the heat input for the heat generating smart base layer. This study investigated the mode of actuating heat pad attached to the base layer by performing a human wear test in a cold environment. Subjects participating in the test wore T-shirts, jumper and pants on the base layer with heating pads. Skin temperature, total time of heating and the number of switching for the heating mode were observed as the subject controlled the heating mode voluntarily. The comfortable range of skin temperature on the abdomen was larger than on the lower back. The subject felt hot and turned off the switch when the mean skin temperature of the abdomen was $48.8^{\circ}C$ and the lower back was $40.1^{\circ}C$. The total heating time and the number of actuating switching were larger for women than men. The voluntary action of heating for men with high cold sensitivity was significantly different from men with low cold sensitivity. Therefore, it is necessary (depending on gender and cold sensitivity) to set the heating mode differently for the automatic heat control of a future smart base layer.

Depression According to Baby Boomers' Awareness on Elderly care by Elderly: Analysis of intermediating effect of Social Support (베이비붐 세대의 노노케어 인식이 우울에 미치는 영향: 사회적 지지의 매개효과를 중심으로)

  • Sung, Myung Ok;Kim, Soo Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.1732-1744
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    • 2015
  • The aim of this study is to elucidate the underlying process of change affecting depression through social support. 250 korean adults from age 52 to age 60 years old who lived in South Chungcheong were sampled. Social support was composed of two types: instrumental and emotional support. As the results, first, elderly care activities for voluntary recogniton is situated on 3.56, 3.17 involuntary exposure perception of elderly care activities. Second the baby boomers get more depressed when having lower elderly care activities for voluntary recogniton and lower social support. Third, there is a partial mediating effect of social support in association with elderly care activities for voluntary recogniton and depression.

Changes in Electromyogram Signals from the Tibialis Anterior Muscle Resulting from Maximal Voluntary Contraction Exercise (최대수의적 수축훈련에 의한 앞 정강근의 근전도 신호의 변화)

  • Song, Su-Young;Hwang, Ki-Kyeong;Kim, Moon-Jeong;Lee, Jeong-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.1-6
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    • 2011
  • Purpose : This study aims to examine changes in electromyogram (EMG) signals detected from the tibialis anterior muscle during repetitive contraction exercises in normal female adults. Methods : The subjects of this study were 10 normal adult females without any musculoskeletal or nervous system disorders. A total of 30 contractions were made repetitively with maximal voluntary contraction exercise for six seconds and a resting time for three seconds. Changes in muscle contractions were measured using dynamometer and EMG signals such as root mean square (RMS), integrated EMG (IEMG), and median frequency (MDF). Results : The result of measurement showed no significant differences in IEMG and RMS in accordance with the increase in the number of contractions. MVIC and MDF showed significant differences in accordance with the increase in the number of contractions (p<0.05). Conclusion : This study demonstrated that repetitive tibialis anterior muscle contraction resulted in a significantly different MVIC and MDF but no significant differences in IEMG and RMS. Therefore, compared to other lower leg muscles, the tibialis anterior muscle is a low-frequency muscle and therefore electrophysiological characteristics of the muscle should be considered in different exercise methods.