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Critical Reviews of Academic Research and Perspectives for Understanding the Humidifier Disinfectant Disaster (가습기살균제 참사에 관한 학술연구의 비판적 검토와 다양한 관점의 이해)

  • Kim, Jiwon;Bahng, Yewon;Park, Moon Young;Zoh, Kyung Ehi;Choi, Yeyong
    • Journal of Environmental Health Sciences
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    • v.45 no.4
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    • pp.340-357
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this paper is to help develop a comprehensive understanding of the humidifier disinfectant disaster from diverse perspectives based on a critical review of the relevant academic research papers published so far in the fields of both natural and social science. The authors reviewed pertinent articles in the six academic areas of law, social science, humanities, medicine, toxicology, and environmental health. A proper understanding of the issue of humidifier disinfectant is a challenging task because diverse aspects of it have become related over the more than two decades since such products were first released to the market in 1994. Technical and esoteric issues such as the complex system for relief and compensation for health damages and the approval of chemical toxicity are known to be major impediments to viewing the bigger picture regarding this tragedy. The authors believe that experts need to consider a comprehensive perspective going beyond their individual research arena to gain a better understanding of this issue, especially since it was an alarm signal on ethics and the role of experts and scholars in Korean society. Besides the two professors arrested by the prosecutor's office, it should be remembered that medical doctors recommended patients use humidifiers and disinfectants, and the media was inactive in reporting on this issue. Furthermore, the current paucity of examination of the social and political implications of this tragedy calls for more active engagement by researchers in the humanities and social sciences. In this regard, this paper is a work of self-examination and self-criticism by the authors that could resonate with the overall academic community.

SWOT Analysis for Infrastructure of Hydrogen Energy Industry in Korea (국내 수소에너지 산업인프라 구축을 위한 SWOT 분석)

  • Kim, Chae-Bogk
    • Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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    • v.6 no.5
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    • pp.337-345
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    • 2016
  • There is an increasing attention on the sustainable energy in the world as the problem of fossil energy exhaustion and environmental issues appear. This paper addresses technologies and industries related to hydrogen energy in the literature, and develops strategy for the preparation of hydrogen energy infrastructure in Korea by extracting several factors suitable for SWOT analysis after reviewing literature. Research articles and reports about the practical application of hydrogen energy in the literature were investigated and seventy evaluation factors were extracted. Then, survey to eliminate the unsuitability problems of duplication, disproportion and objectivity was performed by scholars and experts in research institutes. Finally, sixteen factors consisting of 4 strength factors, 4 weakness factors, 5 opportunity factors and 4 threat factors were determined as the strategic factors for the infrastructure of hydrogen energy industry.

Interdisciplinary and philosophy of Diderot Considered through De l'interprétation de la nature ('융·복합'과 디드로의 철학 - 『자연해석론』을 중심으로 -)

  • PAEK, Chan-Wook
    • Cross-Cultural Studies
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    • v.33
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    • pp.143-169
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    • 2013
  • Recently, because of the danger and damages that following the steady development of scientific technologies, natural science is faced with many humane and ethical problems. So it is asserted the interdisciplinary with social and human science. However, it comes commonly that the ethical issues such as world view and one's view of life caused the development of sociology, especially development of the market economy. But in many cases, the interdisciplinary can be useful for widen the view of scholars. The interdisciplinary is actually connected with the problems of philosophy, and located in that domain. In this case, this is noticed as a model to the philosophers in 18th century, especially Denis Diderot. Diderot published De $l^{\prime}interpr{\acute{e}}tation$ de la nature during editing the Encyclopedia, from there he picked out the contents from piles of documents of Encyclopedia. Even though the contents or opinions of De $l^{\prime}interpr{\acute{e}}tation$ de la nature are inaccuracy or erroneous, it shows that how human-social science and natural science encountered. Diderot studied mathematics and then Diderot accepted to the natural science proposal, he approaches philosophy with translate English books to the French. Next he understood natural science by reading Buffon and Maupertuis, and during working for Encyclopedia, he possessed his knowledge that he can claim his opinion to other scholars. However in this De $l^{\prime}interpr{\acute{e}}tation$ de la nature, Diderot who sometimes rebutted other scholars' theory and demonstration, tried to build a philosophy on metaphysics in order to it was important for himself that he imposed the methods of science and importance of experience. Anyhow, this De $l^{\prime}interpr{\acute{e}}tation$ de la nature cause consider the recognition of Diderot in the field of natural science, and is suggested as a model about his Nature. This mean that it is an expression of his philosophy, and the content is found from natural philosophy and empirical philosophy. Like giving these attache the importance of method study for science and technique, these are targeted the promotion of popularization of natural-science and scientific-technology. Also it advocates fulfilling from reasonable philosophy to empirical philosophy. Therefore, the philosophy which was speculative and abstracted became his philosophy which was writing the meaning, as waiting the discovery of science. And at that time, the humanities made interdisciplinary with natural science.

Letters by Medical Missionaries to Korea: Exploring Digital Humanities Approaches (북미지역에 소장된 내한 의료선교사 편지 기록의 현황과 디지털 인문학적 활용 가능성)

  • Hur, Kyungjin;Kim Han, Mikyung;Lee, Hye Eun
    • Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.233-252
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    • 2018
  • The first Protestant medical missionary, Horace Allen, came to Korea in 1884 and built the first western-style hospital, Jaejungwon. John Heron, Oliver Avison and other foreign medical doctors soon followed. They established hospitals and medical schools, and, by treating patients and educating native doctors, they disseminated and developed modern medicine in Korea. At the same time, they wrote letters and reports to their sponsoring agencies, as well as family and friends, thereby leaving a vast body of literature that is scattered all over the world. Since the end of the 19th century, the records left by foreign medical missionaries have been valuable resources for the study of Korean history. While all types of records, such as diaries, memoirs, reports and travel logs, are available, these tend to be exaggerated or unverifiable because they are unilateral records. In contrast, letters can be verified because they are bilateral records between the recipient and the sender, and cannot be modified or altered according to changes in circumstances. Despite the academic value of these materials, however, there have been insufficient efforts to discover or identify these primary data sources, or to systematically organize them for scholars. This paper identified 49 archival collections from 29 institutions in North America. After analyzing their academic value, the paper will explore digital humanities options in utilizing the letters for future scholarship.

The Linguistic Methodology of Korean Linguistics : based on the comprehension of the historical inquiry (국어학의 언어학적 방법 -연구사적 이해를 중심으로-)

  • Kwang, Chung
    • Lingua Humanitatis
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    • v.5
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    • pp.37-53
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    • 2003
  • In this paper I have considered the subject related with 'the identity of Korean linguistics.' When I have pondered upon the subject I found that all the researches should not be regarded as a part of Korean linguistics only because they followed the scientific methodology. Moreover, it isn't right to accept any of the studies of Korean linguistics only because they relied on the tenet of western linguistic methodology. Although till 1960's various western linguistic methods were introduced to Korean scholars and applied to account for Korean language, abruptly, since 1970's, most theories have inclined to follow tendency of American linguistic trend. Pupils who want to study modem linguistic theories prefer to study at the universities of America rather than other countries in Europe. However, it is necessary to blow that the history of American linguistics isn't really as long as that of European nations and that the humanities has developed fur a long time since the Greek period. If we attempt to contemplate the procedure of the invention of Korean alphabetic system (Hun-Min-Jung-Um) it will be easy to find the fact that the theoretic approaches used to observe and analyze Korean language in 15th century are as good as the most up-to-date theories which have been introduced recently. Therefore, I tried to show that the historical awareness of linguistic theories deserves special emphasis in order to understand the reality of Korean linguistics correctly.

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Best Practices in the Implementation of Research Infrastructure in the Academic Environment: Shortcomings and Revisions

  • Michal Lorenz;Ema Juranova;Michal Konecny;Hana Kubelkova;Veronika Wolfelova
    • International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.95-117
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    • 2023
  • The Digitalia MUNI ARTS - a local node of the LINDAT/CLARIAH-CZ research infrastructure at the Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University constitutes a repository in the Islandora system. It is used for long-term preservation of research data together with their research environment in the form of digital platforms. We transfer the digital outputs of humanities scholars research to the repository according to a set plan, which is based on best practice recommendations for project management and digital curation. In this paper, we present how the results of interviews with platform developers and infrastructure stakeholders translate into the curation workflow, and a resulting model for migrating digital platforms to the repository. Reflecting on three types of problems we encountered during the implementation of platforms into the repository - communication problems, problems of external dependence, and management problems - we describe a modification of the migration process. We present six recommendations for repository administrators and curators in an academic setting - holding an introductory meeting with developers, researching significant and relevant theories of knowledge domain, consulting license experts, prioritizing requirements, and preparing handover protocol and progress reports.

Exploring the Humanistic Practice of Je Baek-seok (齊白石(제백석)의 인학(印學)적 실천 탐색)

  • Zhu, Yuanye
    • The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.427-436
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    • 2023
  • Je Baek-seok, who is well versed in poetry, calligraphy, painting, and sculpture, has established himself as the most outstanding painter and pavilion in the history of modern and contemporary Chinese art. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the art of the pavilion was developed greatly during the enlightenment period, with the emergence of many masters of the pavilion, including Jeonggyeong, Hwanghwangseokyeo, Oyangji, Jo Ji-gyeom, Hwang Mok-bo, and Oh Chang-seok. Je Baek-seok formed an original ritual under this social background. Je Baek-seok's tactics were formed by imitating works from the Hanwi period, and he harmonized Jin Kwon, Sopan, and Janggunin while using the penmanship of the Cheonbal Shinchambi based on the "Sasam Gongsanbi." In addition, by boldly using the Danipdo method, it is possible to use the human face as much as possible while fully exhibiting the artistry of calligraphy and adding to the atmosphere of gold stone. This paper mainly analyzed and reviewed the process of Je Baek-seok's transcription transformation and humanities practice from two aspects. First, it is planned to summarize the process of Je Baek-seok's transformation into a Jeonseo. Second, Je Baek-seok's humanities practice was analyzed. This paper will further understand Je Baek-seok's humanistic ideas and practical search by clarifying the originality of Je Baek-seok's engraving art with examples of Je Baek-seok's works, and it is believed that this will provide future scholars with learning paths and rich experiences.

Facilitating Interdisciplinary Research: An Analysis of Grant Proposal Acceptance Rates in South Korea (학제 간 융합연구 활성화 방안 연구)

  • Cho, Sung Kyum;Lee, Kwang Hee
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.18 no.5
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    • pp.539-544
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    • 2018
  • Interdisciplinary, or convergence, research has been a priority for the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) and many scholars in Korea have proposed interdisciplinary projects. Of the 4,930 proposals for the submitted in 2017, 2,575 (52.2%) of these proposals could be considered interdisciplinary projects. However, interdisciplinary projects had an acceptance rate of 35.0%, compared to an acceptance rate of 42.1% for single-discipline proposals. According to the study, despite the large share of research projects that appear to be interdisciplinary research, the characteristics of interdisciplinary studies was not reflected properly in the evaluation. I would suggest that it is required to prepare the criteria for classification of interdisciplinary studies in the classification system of research fields so that the characteristics of interdisciplinary research projects may be duly considered.

KODISA Academic Journal Strategy: Synopsis in 2016 and Vistas of the Future

  • Hwang, Hee-Joong;Youn, Myoung-Kil
    • Journal of Distribution Science
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.5-11
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    • 2016
  • Purpose - The Education Ministry has plans to select top 10 percent academic journals among the domestic registration journals in NRF(National Research Foundation of Korea), and designate them as outstanding academic journals. To reflect this trend, KODISA has set its sights on paper publication rate and citation index with pushing forward globalism. First, this study will arrange the process of globalism and the current state of paper submission, and propose the direction of improvement in academic journals through understanding the characteristics of each major field. Research design, data, and methodology - KODISA has preceeded in examining and publishing research papers related to distribution field through indirectly or stimulating academic advancement. KODISA covers the whole fields in social science as well as in business administration and economics that associated with distribution field not limiting only within the range of distribution field. That is, the new subject that contributes to the progress in distribution field with original research can be a priority criteria in KODISA journal publication. Results - The major fields in papers published in KODISA can be categorized broadly as distribution field with economic and business administration point of view. Therefore, the distribution field with economic point of view includes the issues such as regulations, system, industry, market environment, distribution system, trade, and macroeconomics, etc. The business administration point of view in distribution includes distribution strategy, distribution organization, and distribution channel from the perspectives of the firm, etc. Conclusions - The aim of KODISA in 2020 is to be a global academic journal as SCI level of each journal in KODISA, JDS(Registration journal), IJIDB(Registration candidate), EAJBM(Registration candidate), JAFEB(Cabell's Registration journal). The KODISA journals have already settled as the largest academic society and journals of Korea in 2016 currently from humanities and social sciences area by the most gross in publication circulation, volumes, and types. Hereafter, KODISA will focus on the improvement for the objective indicators such as Impact Factor and Centrality index as qualitative growth as well as quantitative expansion. By doing so, KODISA will be a forum for developmental academic debate with attracting the world's greatest scholars' papers. Furthermore, they will be recognized journals and grow as the first-rate academic journals inside and outside of Korea.

The History of Bibimbap (비빔밥의 역사)

  • Chung, Kyung Rhan
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.15 no.11
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    • pp.603-615
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    • 2015
  • The history of Bibimbap, Korea representative traditional foods, was distorted by some humanities scholars as follows : First literature on Bibimbap is Siujonseo(是議全書) in 1890 and origin word of Bibimbap is Koldongban(骨董飯). Such discussions are totally non-scientific and not true. Bibimbap was recorded as Hondonban(混沌飯) in Kijaejapki 500 years ago and Koldongban(骨董飯) in Sunghojeonjip(星湖全集) and Bubuiban, which mean the people in Korea had the Bibimbap often thousands years ago, i.e. around 500 years before literature. Hangul name of Bibimbap as '브뷔움' was written firstly in Mongyupyun(夢喩篇) in 1810, not Siujonseo(是議全書). Hangul names of Bibimbap were written as '부뷔음, 부빔밥, 부?밥, 부뷘밥, 부뷔엄밥, 부뷔음밥'. Koldongban is only the chinese character which write the real existent Bibimbap real name of Bibimbap is just bibimbap. People in 500 years called Bibimbap as Bibimbap, but wrote it as Koldongban, Hondonban and Bubiban because they had to write the things in Chinese character.