• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.6077-6080
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• 2013

Background: Cervical cancer is the second commonest female cancer worldwide. The 50-55 cases of cervical cancer are reported annually in the UAE. There is a scarcity of data from Middle Eastern region regarding knowledge and attitude of women towards HPV infection, cervical cancer prevention and HPV vaccine. The aim of our study was to assess the knowledge of women regarding HPV infection and vaccine in UAE. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional survey of 640 women aged 18-50 years was conducted in Al-Ain district in UAE using convenience sampling. Women with previous diagnosis of cervical cancer, non-residents of UAE, younger than 18 or older than 50 years of age and those unable to speak Arabic or English were excluded from the study. Logistic regression analysis was performed to assess the association of HPV knowledge with independent factors like age, education etc. Results: Only 29% of our sampled women have ever heard of HPV infection. Only 15.3% women recognized it as STI. Only about 22% women have also heard of the HPV vaccine. Three quarter of the women in our study thought that cervical cancer can be prevented. About 28% recognized vaccine as a preventive measure against cervical cancer. Age (AOR 1.049, 95%CI 1.02-1.08) and husband's level of education were found to be significant (p value 0.015) after adjusting for women's age. Conclusions: The knowledge of HPV infection and vaccine is low in the UAE. Few women recognized HPV as sexually transmitted infection. Increasing age and husband's education are associated with better knowledge of HPV infection.

• 농촌계획
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.213-226
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• 2013

Agricultural tourism is a new kind of industry, which combined agriculture with tourism. It not only has the productive function, but also has the function of improving the quality of ecological environment and supplying people with sightseeing, leisure, vacation. Agricultural tourism is a new kind of industry from the amalgamation of agriculture and tourism: it is based on farm work, characterized by agricultural management, combines agriculture and tourism, and includes the city as a market-place. It satisfies tourist demand with food, lodging, excursions, shopping and entertainment provided by agricultural places and agricultural products. After combining the substance of this study with the primary sources regarding the development of agricultural tourism, I suggest plans for the development of local agricultural tourism on the basis of sustainable tourism theory in case of the Inner Mongolia region. To conduct research, various data such as literature research and surveys are collected and analyzed. According to the result of the research, the Inner Mongolia region has great-wealthy resources for agricultural tourism. However, they have problems as well such as lack of funds, low infrastructure, low business-mind level, low management-mind, the scarcity of mid-supporting organizations for research and education, low awareness, and low service level of the agricultural tourism. In order to solve these problems, have to strengthen publicity, strengthen the county and city communication, educates continuously profession talented person, establish related laws and regulations, increase the integrity of infrastructure. As a developing industry, agricultural tourism is a new field of study which needs more encouraging research. The agricultural tourism of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has only just started development resulting in a limited amount of information available for this study. Future planned work entails a continuous in-depth study of Chinese agricultural tourism, considering Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in particular.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제54권6호
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• pp.599-610
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• 2016

The purposes of this study are to identify the characteristics of limited edition fashion consumers, to analyze their purchase decision-making processes, and to examine negative factors of consumers' recognition toward limited edition fashion products. A qualitative investigation was conducted by doing in-depth interviews with 11 selected consumers in their twenties and thirties who have actively purchased and consumed limited edition fashion products. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. First, there are four sub-categories of appearance management activity, acceptance of fashion trend, information-seeking behavior, and hedonic shopping orientation for the limited edition fashion consumers' characteristics. Second, the purchase decision-making process of limited edition fashion consumers are identified as seven steps: need recognition, information search, evaluation of alternatives, planning and courtship, purchase, post-purchase evaluation, and post-purchase behavior. Courtship/attachment formation and post-purchase behavior are unique steps when compared to general purchase decision-making process. Third, this study identified negative factors of consumers' recognition toward limited edition this study in order to suggest several improvement plans for enterprises using limited marketing. Four sub-categories are examined: outrageous price, tricks of company, fatigue due to purchasing competition, and re-sellers. In conclusion, this study indicates that the purchase decision-making process of limited edition consumers, which involves two distinctive steps including courtship/attachment formation and post-purchase behavior, can be differentiated from general consumers. The results of this study provides preliminary data for further research for in-depth analysis of limited edition consumers.

• 경영과학
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2014

As the scarcity of natural resources has become apparent, the recycling industry has emerged as a promising one for its growth potential. Yet, the recycling industry still remains undeveloped and inefficient for various reasons. In this study, we focus on firms' recycling processes to understand the current status of recycling firms' value creation activities. With respect to the adopted recycling processes, we empirically investigate the differences in firm characteristics and firm performance. We use the data from Keco (Korea Environment Cooperation) which annually conducts a survey of recycling firms in Korea. We exclusively consider the whole group of plastic recycling industry in order to control for a possible bias in firm performance, stemming from the heterogeneity in processing and recycling of materials other than plastics. We review the descriptive statistics from the sample firms and conduct a series of hierarchical regression analyses. The results show that most of the firms in this industry adopt physical transformation processes with a low-level technology. These firms with physical transformation processes are smaller in size and produce entry level items which do not secure higher margins. The results indicate that the recycling industry largely comprises low value added firms which lack economies of scale and resources for R&D. For the stable growth of the industry, recycling firms must create sustainable values through implementation of technology-driven processes and improvement in product quality. In addition, the government should help build a reliable reverse logistic network, lower the entry barriers, and provide necessary funding for the SMEs in the recycling industry.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권12호
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• pp.458-467
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• 2016

사용자들에게 필요한 대표적인 연구 결과물과 조언을 제공할 수 있는 대용량 학술 정보를 이용하여 특정 관심 분야의 전문가를 검색하는 기법에 대한 연구가 요구되고 있다. 기존의 전문가 검색 기법은 사용자 프로필, 최근 활동 분석을 기반으로 전문가를 검색하기 때문에 사용자의 프로필 또는 활동 정보를 파악하지 못할 경우 전문가를 판별하기 어려운 문제점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 논문의 중요성 및 품질을 이용한 전문가 검색 기법을 제안한다. 논문의 중요성은 논문의 희소성과 최근 이슈가 되는 토픽을 고려하여 계산한다. 논문의 품질은 인용 수, 저널의 IF, 최신성, 저자관계를 고려하여 논문의 영향력을 평가한다. 제안하는 기법의 우수성을 보이기 위해 기존 기법과 정확률과 재현율 관점에서 성능평가를 수행한다.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2012

현재의 주파수 분배상황을 살펴보면 대부분의 주파수 대역이 고정 할당되어 있으며 특히 무선통신 환경에 가장 적합한 저주파 대역은 거의 사용할 여지가 없다. 이에 인지무선 기술은 무선통신환경에서 주파수 부족 문제를 해결하고 주파수 활용도를 높이기 위한 중요한 기술로 대두되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 SDR (Software Define Radio)플랫폼인 USRP (Universal Software Radio Peripheral) 보드와 SDR 개발 툴킷인 GNU Radio를 이용하여 실제 인지무선(Cognitive Radio : CR) 시스템에서 데이터를 송, 수신하였다. 구체적으로 스펙트럼 센싱 기술을 이용하여 면허 사용자의 주파수 사용 여부를 감지하여 이 정보를 데이터베이스로 넘겨준다. 정보를 넘겨받은 데이터베이스에서는 유전자 알고리즘을 이용하여 최적의 송신전력과 대역폭, 채널 정보를 인지무선 기기에 보내어 주어 인지무선 기기가 면허 사용자에게 아무런 간섭을 주지 않고 데이터 통신을 할 수 있도록 하였다.

• 사회복지연구
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.113-134
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• 2013

본 연구는 빈곤청소년의 꿈과 미래 설계경험을 탐색하기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 연구 수행을 위해 빈곤청소년을 참여자로 선정하여 월드비전 산하의 전국 24개 기관에서 초점집단면접을 진행하였다. 연구 결과 빈곤청소년의 꿈은 경험을 통해 형성되고 주변과의 상호작용을 통해 확장되거나 축소되는 것으로 나타났다. 빈곤청소년은 정서적 및 물질적 지원의 부족으로 인해 꿈의 형성과 발전, 진로 준비로의 구체화 과정에서 어려움을 경험하였고 그 과정에서 주체적으로 노력하는 역량과 가능성도 보여주었다. 이러한 연구 결과를 바탕으로 빈곤청소년의 꿈과 미래에 대한 관심 제고의 필요성 및 체험지향적 진로지도 프로그램의 활성화를 제언하였다.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2019년도 학술발표회
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• pp.407-407
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• 2019

According to Asian Development Bank report Pakistan is among water scarce countries. Climate scenario on the basis IPCC fifth assessment report (AR5) revealed that annual mean temperature of Pakistan from year 2010-2019 was $17C^o$ which will rise up to $21C^o$ at the end of this century, similarly almost 10% decrease of annual rainfall is expected at the end of the century. It is a changing task in underdeveloped countries like Pakistan to meet the water demands of rapidly increasing population in a changing climate. While many studies have tackled scarcity and stream flow forecasting of the Upper Indus Basin (UIB) Pakistan, very few of them are related to socio-economic and climate change impact on sustainable water management of UIB. This study investigates the pattern of current and future surface water availability for various demand sites (e.g. domestic, agriculture and industrial) under different socio-economic and climate change scenarios in Upper Indus Basin (UIB) Pakistan for a period of 2010 to 2050. A state-of-the-art planning tool Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) is used to analyze the dynamics of current and future water demand. The stream flow data of five sub catchment (Astore, Gilgit, Hunza, Shigar and Shoyke) and entire UIB were calibrated and validated for the year of 2006 to 2011 using WEAP. The Nash Sutcliffe coefficient and coefficient of determination is achieved ranging from 0.63 to 0.92. The results indicate that unmet water demand is likely to increase severe threshold and the external driving forces e.g. socio-economic and climate change will create a gap between supply and demand of water.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2016년도 학술발표회
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• pp.518-518
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• 2016

Agriculture is the lifeblood of the economy in Ghana, employs about 42% of the population work force and accounts for 30% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Corn (maize) is the major cereal crop grown as staple food under rain fed conditions, covers over 92% of the total agricultural area, and contributes 54% of the caloric intake. Issues of hunger and food insecurity for the entire nation are associated with corn scarcity and low production. The climate changes are expected to affect corn production in Ghana. This study evaluated variations of corn yields based on different climate conditions of rain-fed area in the Dangbe East District of Ghana. AquaCrop model has been used to simulate corn growing cycles in study area for this purpose. The main goal for this study was to predict yield of corn using selected climatic parameters from 1992 to 2013 using different climate scenarios. The Model was calibrated and validated using observed field data, and the simulated grain yields matched well with observed values for the season under production giving an R squared (R2)of 0.93 and Nash-Sutcliff Error(NSE) of 0.21. Study results showed that rainfall reduction in the range of -5% to -20% would reduce the yield from 1.315ton/ha to 0.421ton/ha (-21. 3%) whereas increasing temperature from 1% to 7% would result in the maximum yield reduction of -20.6% (1.315 to 1.09 ton/ha.). On the other hand, increasing rainfall from 5-20% resulted in yield increment of 68% (1.315-2.209 ton/ha) and decreasing temperature produce 7% increase in yield ( 1.315 to 1.401ton/ha). These results provide useful information to adopt strategies by the Government of Ghana and farmers for improving national food security under climate change.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.113-125
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• 2019

모바일 소셜커머스는 최근 모바일 쇼핑의 빠른 확산 중에서도 가장 빠르게 성장하는 유통채널이다. 따라서 경쟁이 심화되는 모바일 소셜커머스 시장에서 지속적으로 성장하기 위해 모바일 소셜커머스에서의 고객 구매행동에 대한 이해가 중요하다. 이에 본 연구는 모바일 소셜커머스 시장에서 소비자 태도 실증을 위해 온라인 쇼핑에서 고객 행동 관련 연구에서 다수 활용된 충동구매(Impulsive buying behavior)가 모바일 쇼핑에서 어떻게 적용되며, 충동구매에 영향을 미치는 요인이 무엇인지 확인했다. 연구는 모바일 소셜커머스 경험자를 대상으로 진행한 설문 중 총 280부의 데이터를 Smart PLS 3.0을 통해 분석하여 진행했다. 결과적으로 개인적 특성 중 소비자의 혁신성과 구매경험이 모바일 소셜커머스에서 충동구매에 영향을 미치고, 제공되는 정보의 속성 중 희소성메세지가 충동구매에 영향을 미치는 것을 확인했다. 본 연구를 통해 기존 온라인 쇼핑에서 많이 활용된 고객 행동 관련 변수인 충동구매를 모바일 쇼핑으로 확장하여 살펴보았다는데 이론적 시사점이 있으며, 실무적으로 모바일 소셜커머스 시장에서의 고객 전략 수립에 유효한 시사점을 제공할 것이다.