• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.664-694
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• 2020

Much has been written on Information Systems Planning in the for-profit organisations, but little is known about it in the Not-for-Profit sector, particularly in the Australian context. This paper has attempted to conceptualise the problem of Information Systems planning in the Not-for-Profit organisations. It provides insight into Information Systems Planning practices in Not-for-Profit-Organisations and the problems of current Information Systems Planning practices in Not-for-Profit-Organisations. The contribution of this paper is two folds, theoretically and for practitioners. Theoretically, it has provided a model that enables people to understand why or why not Not-for-Profit-Organisations do or do not conduct Information Systems Planning. Regarding practitioners, the factors identified in this study would help planners, managers and executives to understand the key areas and plan accordingly and for donors they would be able to understand where are their contributions needed the most and be able to follow up and ensure that their donations/contributions are utilised in the right areas hence increase Not-for-Profit-Organisations accountability with regards to planning for Information Systems.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.93-100
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• 2015

Purpose - The objective of this research is to investigate whether national culture influences consumers' service evaluations. The services industry is receiving increasing attention from academia and practitioners as its position grows in global markets. Standardization or localization is a traditional managerial decision in global business. As the boundaries of services expand across national borders, firms are required to decide whether to standardize services or adjust to local needs. Though it is imperative to reflect global perspectives in marketing theories, these perspectives are mostly based on Western conceptualization of the world. Through a comparison of consumer groups from two culturally remote countries, service quality evaluation mechanisms are examined based on similar stimuli. The study tries to expand service marketing perspectives across national borders. Research design, data, and methodology - Eastern and Western countries are known to be culturally distinct. One Eastern and one Western country were chosen: an Anglo-Saxon country (the U.S., England, and Australia) and South Korea. In Hofstede's cultural dimensions, the differences between the two are pronounced. The Anglo-Saxon based countries share many similarities. Samples of the same sites are targeted. Questionnaires using a service quality scale (SERVQUAL) and a customer satisfaction scale were distributed. Utilizing Hofstede's typology of culture, the service evaluation mechanisms of the respondents from the two groups are evaluated. Three hypotheses are proposed from the review of the literature. These are service evaluation habits, importance of service quality dimensions for the individualistic/collectivistic countries, and strong/weak uncertainty avoidance cultures. Consumers from the individualistic countries are considered to care about themselves and demand a higher level of responsiveness and assurance. On the other hand, consumers from high uncertainty avoidance cultures are assumed to rely more on tangible questions of service quality, as these are the only predictable service quality indicators. A t-test and regression analysis are applied to validate the constructs. Results - The respondents from the Anglo-Saxon countries are more generous on service evaluations than Koreans. Researchers have indicated that Americans tend to give higher service evolution scores than European, Mexican, and Korean counterparts. The tendency is the same here. The sample from Anglo-Saxon countries demonstrated higher service evaluation scores on every dimension of SERVQUAL. For the second hypothesis, the respondents from the collectivistic culture rely less on core service dimensions (assurance and responsiveness) due to their tendency to place more value on group harmony than individual interest. However, the third hypothesis was not validated. Conclusions - The study attempted to expand the scope of service marketing to reflect cross-national perspectives. Service quality is known to have a strong influence on customer satisfaction and loyalty behavior. However, this research demonstrated that individuals from different cultural territories respond heterogeneously to the same stimuli. Scholars argue that national cultures are main factors in such deviated behavior. Scholars and global managers should be aware of differences in consumer value judgment mechanisms such as satisfaction, expectations, and perceptions.

• 시큐리티연구
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• 제55호
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• pp.9-29
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• 2018

유럽과 미국 등지의 서구동맹국들에서 최근 몇 년간 차량돌진테러가 급격히 증가하고 있다. 최근의 차량돌진테러는 인명살상을 목적으로 다수의 대중들을 향해 무차별하게 돌진을 감행하는 특성을 보인다. 이러한 차량돌진공격테러의 증가는 최근 ISIS(Islamic State in Iraq and Syria)같은 이슬람 극단주의 국제테러조직이 자생적 테러리스트들을 활용할 수 있는 중요한 테러전략의 하나로 채택하고 있는 것과 관련이 있다. 이 때문에 그 살상력과 심각성이 더욱 높아지고 중대해 지고 있다. 이에 대응하기 위해 유럽과 미국 등의 주요도시에서는 도시들의 모습을 바꾸어 가면서까지 현실적 대응방안으로 볼라드를 포함한 물리적 방어물을 도시 곳곳에 설치하고 있다. 국내의 경우 서방동맹국가들과는 달리 차량돌진공격과 같은 테러공격에 대한 대비와 관심이 현실적으로 미비한 수준이다. 국내에서는 차량돌진공격과 관련한 국내의 물리적 방호시설에 대한 법제도, 물리적 방호물의 표준화된 기준, 그 효과성 등에 대해 분석하고 정책적 제안을 시도하는 연구는 드물다. 그러나 국내에서도 국제테러단체 또는 자생 폭력적 극단주의자에 의한 테러 발생이 전혀 가능하지 않다고 장담할 수 없는 상황이다. 이 때문에 물리적 방어시설에 대한 현실적 고민이 필요할 것이다. 이 연구는 차량돌진테러공격과 관련한 몇 가지 정보와 방안 등을 제시한다. 먼저, 미국에서 도입한 다양한 물리적 방호시설과 안전장치에 대한 설치현황 및 정책적 방향 등에 대해 소개한다. 다음으로, 국내에서 차량돌진공격관련 안전시설에 대한 법률적 근거나 설치기준, 설치현황 및 효과성 등에 대해 분석하였다. 마지막으로 국내의 물리적 방호시설을 국외의 현황과 대비하여 비교분석 평가함으로서 정책적 방안을 제시하였다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.398-405
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• 1986

루우핀 콩의 식품가공 적성을 평가하기 위하여 서호주에서 생산된 Lupinus angustifolius의 종실을 삶음 속도, 콩나물 성장속도 및 균체성장속도 등을 검토하고 또한 루우핀 종실로부터 만들어진 단백질 농축물(LPC)을 우리나라 식품제조에 활용하는 방안등을 조사하였다. 루우핀 콩의 수분 침지속도는 대두보다 컸으나 삶음 속도는 대두보다 크게 떨어졌다. 가열에 의한 연화속도 $D_{100}$은 대두의 경우 84분이었으나 루우핀 콩의 경우 345분이었다. 루우핀 콩에 포함되어 있는 잔유 쓴맛성분(주로 알카로이드)와 황색색소 및 지방은 핵산-알콜-물을 혼합한 이상용매로 제거할 수 있으며 여기에서 얻어진 단백질 농축물은 단백질 함량 50% 이상을 함유하며 유백색의 순한 풍미를 가지는 물질로 우수한 식품재료로 판단되었다. 루우핀콩 단백질 농축물에 탄수화물(주로 셀롤로오스)분해효소 처리를 하면 가용성이 높고 단백질 함량이 증가된 제품을 얻을 수 있다. 이들 재료들을 이용하여 식물성 대용유와 유산균 발효음료의 제조 가능 하였으며 이들 제조방법의 제문제를 검토하였다.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.559-571
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• 2018

In current engineering practice, circular concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) columns have been used as effective structural components due to their significant structural and economic benefits. To apply these structural components into steel-concrete composite moment resisting frames, increasing number of research into the column-base connections of circular CFST columns have been found. However, most of the previous research focused on the strength, rigidity and seismic resisting performance of the circular CFST column-base connections. The present paper attempts to investigate the demountability of bolted circular CFST column-base connections using the finite element method. The developed finite element models take into account the effects of material and geometric nonlinearities; the accuracy of proposed models is validated through comparison against independent experimental results. The mechanical performance of CFST column-base connections with both permanent and demountable design details are compared with the developed finite element models. Parametric studies are further carried out to examine the effects of design parameters on the behaviour of demountable circular CFST column-base connections. Moreover, the initial stiffness and moment capacity of such demountable connections are compared with the existing codes of practice. The comparison results indicate that an improved prediction method of the initial stiffness for these connections should be developed.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.1551-1556
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• 2007

The objective of the research was to investigate the effect of polyethylene glycol (PEG) or urea supplementation in sheep and goats fed a basal diet of Acacia saligna and wheat straw. The 3 dietary treatments were: (1) Control: ad libitum A. saligna+ 400 g/d wheat straw (95% DM) (basal diet); (2) Basal diet+50 g/d PEG 4000; and (3) Basal diet+1% (on a DM basis) urea sprayed onto the straw and A. saligna 30 min prior to feeding. All animals maintained live weight, regardless of the dietary treatment. All sheep readily consumed the A. saligna in preference to straw. In sheep both DMD and OMD were higher (p<0.05) where PEG was included in the diet compared to the other two treatments. Contrary to findings by other researchers there was no significant difference in DMI, DMD or OMD between sheep and goats in corresponding treatment groups. All animals were in positive N balance. For both sheep and goats, rumen ammonia concentrations were increased with the use of either urea or PEG. In these groups the maximum ammonia concentrations exceeded 50 mg/L, considered the minimum required to maximise microbial growth. This threshold, however, was exceeded only for a period of 8-11 h. Of those measured, rumen ammonia levels were generally the highest at 4 h post feeding. None of the measurements of rumen ammonia for the control group approached 50 mg/L. It is unclear how and why feed intake and live weight were maintained when rumen ammonia levels were often sub-optimal.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.194-200
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• 2018

Glycogen plays important roles in bacteria. Its structure and storage capability have received more attention recently because of the potential correlations with environmental durability and pathogenicity. However, the low level of intracellular glycogen makes extraction and structure characterization difficult, inhibiting functional studies. Bacteria grown in regular media such as lysogeny broth and tryptic soy broth do no accumulate large amounts of glycogen. Comparative analyses of bacterial media reported in literature for glycogen-related studies revealed that there was no consistency in the recipes reported. Escherichia coli $DH5{\alpha}$ is a convenient model organism for gene manipulation studies with respect to glycogen. Additionally, M9 minimal salts medium is widely used to improve glycogen accumulation, although its composition varies. In this study, we optimized the M9 medium by adjusting the concentrations of itrogen source, tryptone, carbon source, and glucose, in order to achieve a balance between the growth rate and glycogen accumulation. Our result showed that $1{\times}M9$ minimal salts medium containing 0.4% tryptone and 0.8% glucose was a well-balanced nutrient source for enhancing the growth and glycogen storage in bacteria. This result will help future investigations related to bacterial physiology in terms of glycogen function.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.123-133
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• 2010

강변저류지와 같은 소규모 수공구조물에 의한 홍수저감방안의 필요성이 증가하고 있으며, 대상 유역내에 다수의 후보지역이 존재하는 강변저류지 계획에 있어서, 네트워크로 간주된 전체 저류지군의 실질적인 홍수조절효과의 산정이 필수적이다. 본 연구에서는 저류용량, 월류고, 월류폭 등과 같은 강변저류지 제원에 대한 민감도 분석을 통한 강변저류지군의 홍수저감효과 개선기법을 제안하였다. 제안된 기법은 설계빈도 홍수사상에 대하여 강변저류지 제원 변화에 따른 직하류부 및 유역출구 홍수저감량 민감도 분석을 실시하고, 민감도분석 결과를 이용하여 직하류부와 유역출구에서의 홍수저감량이 최대가 되게 하는 강변저류지 제원을 결정한다. 제안된 기법을 안성천 유역에 적용하여 적용성을 검토하였으며, 기존의 연구결과와 본 연구에서 제안한 기법의 결과를 비교분석하였다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.135-139
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• 2014

Pathogenic E. coli associated post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) and edema disease are common diseases in commercially-housed weanling pigs. An enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) oral challenge model has been used to mimic the physiological responses observed in commercial conditions. However, an oral challenge procedure has two major limitations: (1) the ETEC cell density is unknown at the point of oral inoculation, and (2) blending ETEC with traditional TSB (trypticase soy broth) is not palatable and hence decreases acceptability by piglets. Therefore, the purposes of this study were to (1) establish a regression equation that can be used for estimation of ETEC concentration in dilution media using the spectrophotometric measurement of cell density; and (2) examine survival of ETEC after blending either with TSB, sweetener or dextrose. A strain of ETEC (serogroup beta-hemolytic E. coli O149; K91; F4; toxins LT, STa, STb) was grown in TSB for 3.5 hours, centrifuged, the supernatant was discarded, and the ETEC pellet was then blended either with TSB (100 mL), sweetener (60 mL TSB + 40 mL fruit flavored concentrate), or dextrose (50 mL TSB + 50 mL dextrose; 0.5g/mL dextrose). Cell density was measured using the colorimetric method and also plated on a 5% sheep blood agar for counting of ETEC colony forming units at 0, 5, 35, 65 and 125 min after blending. The optical density at 600 nm explained 83% of ETEC colony forming units, indicating that the established linear equation (y= 6E+08x - 4E+07, P<0.004) can be used for robust quantification of ETEC cell density in TSB, sweetener and dextrose media. When ETEC was blended with sweetener and dextrose, survival of ETEC was decreased by 45% and 72% within 5 min post-blending. Therefore, further research is required to find out the suitable medium that has potential to improve palatability without compromising survival of ETEC.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.207-214
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• 2005

We report on the diagnosis, pathology, and taxonomy of Perkinsus sp. infection in Manila clams (Ruditapes philippinarum) from Korean waters. Amplimers were designed from internal portions of the non-transcribed spacer (NTS) of P. atlanticus for molecular diagnosis of Perkinsus infection. PCR-based identification methods and an in situ hybridization assay were developed for detection of Perkinsus sp. in live tissues as well as in histological preparations. Hybridization signals were observed around the nucleus of trophozoites. Positive results from PCR and in situ hybridization indicated that Korean Perkinsus sp. is genetically identical with P. atlanticus reported in Europe, which is currently synonymous with P. olseni reported from Australia. Microscopic morphological features of different lift stages of Perkinsus sp. appeared very similar to those of P. atlanticus. Severely infected clams often exhibited white nodules on their mantles and gills as a consequence of inflammation. In lightly to moderately infected clams, Perkinsus sp. was mainly found in gill tissues, whereas the protozoan parasites were found in digestive tracts, gonadal tissues, and foot tissues of heavily infected clams. It is likely that the gills are the portal of the infection and that P. olseni spreads to other tissues as the infection advances. In conclusion, by considering the taxonomic priority of P. olseni, Korean Perkinsus sp. is accepted as P. olseni. P. olseni appears to be common on tidal flats on the western and southern Korean coasts and is considered to be a pathogen capable of causing mass mortality of clams.