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Characteristics of Individual Particles for PM2.5 Collected around Busan North Port (부산 북항 주변지역에서 포집된 PM2.5의 개별입자 특성)

  • Hyun, Sangmin;Cheon, Seong-Woo;Kim, Wonnyon;Kang, Nayeon;Park, Jeong-Ho
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.31 no.9
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    • pp.781-791
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    • 2022
  • In order to investigate the characteristics of the effects of various emission sources such as ships around the Busan North Port area, PM2.5 samples were analyzed by SEM/EDS (scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer). In the port city Busan, the main emission source of PM2.5 is ships, and soot was observed as the main exhaust particles of a ship diesel engine. As a result of the individual particle analysis of PM2.5 at the sampling site, carbonaceous particles such as soot and water droplet-shaped, which are considered to be exhausted from ships, were constantly observed. And some spherical Fe-rich particles also appeared.

Influence of Individual Entrepreneurial Orientation on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Malaysia

  • KOE, Wei-Loon;RONI, Mastura;CHIN, Tee Suan
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.325-333
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    • 2022
  • This study examined the influence of three elements of individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO), namely innovativeness, risk-taking, and proactiveness on the performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). It is worth noting that SMEs have experienced low productivity, low profit, and low performance during the COVID-19 pandemic era. Although several studies have shown that entrepreneurial orientation (EO) is a key factor of company performance, few have focused on IEO. This study employed a quantitative research design because all variables were measurable. It used a questionnaire to survey 384 SMEs in the service sector and employed structural equation modeling (SEM) in data analysis. The findings suggested that SMEs' performance was influenced by risk-taking and proactiveness. This could be related to the fact that SMEs have a less formal structure, allowing owner-managers to take risks and make quick decisions. Furthermore, high performance was ensured by being very sensitive to market trends and changes in the business environment. Innovativeness was not a significant factor in influencing the performance of SMEs. Perhaps it was rather difficult for SME owner-managers to be innovative due to the lack of various resources. This study successfully re-confirmed the effect of IEO on business performance and highlighted the importance of risk-taking and proactiveness in improving the performance of SMEs.

Cloud Computing Acceptance at Individual Level Based on Extended UTAUT (확장된 UTAUT 모형에 기반한 개인차원에서의 클라우드 컴퓨팅 수용)

  • Jung, Chul Ho;Namn, Su Hyeon
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.287-294
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    • 2014
  • Cloud computing is a new method of computing and managing organizational information technology resources strategically. From the user perspective, it involves computing environment for accessing applications remotely, storing data, and supporting cooperative works. For the cloud computing to be effective in an organization, it should be accepted by individual users. In this paper we propose a research model, extending and modifying UTAUT model. We also test the validity of the model using the questionnaire from a sample of cloud computing services users.

Navigation Control Architecture of the Reactive Layer for Autonomous Mobile Robots (자율이동로봇을 위한 반사층의 실시간 주행제어구조)

  • Kim, Hyung-Jin;Jeon, Sung-Yong;Sohn, Won-Jong;Hong, Keum-Shik
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.30 no.11 s.254
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    • pp.1348-1357
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    • 2006
  • In a hybrid three-layer control architecture(deliberative, sequencing, and reflexive), the lowest reflexive layer consists of resources, actions, an action coordinator, and motion controllers. Because the execution of individual components in the reflexive layer should be done in real-time, each component has to be simple and, due to this reason, the Linux-RTAI(Real-Time Application Interface for Linux) has been used as an operating system. In this paper, a navigation control architecture, which combines the components in the reflexive layer and the navigation-related modules in the sequencing layer, is proposed. And then, as basic components, four actions(Goto, Avoid, Move, and EmergencyStop) are designed. Experimental results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed architecture and the performance of individual associated actions.

An Analysis of the SaaS Quality Impact on the Service Performance and Loyalty (SaaS(Software as a Service) 품질이 서비스 성과 및 충성도에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Eun-Hong;Park, Young-Sun;Nam, Kyung-Ok
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.127-147
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    • 2011
  • Business organizations today have sought management effectiveness and efficiency utilizing information technologies. In particular, small and medium-sized enterprises short of information resources tend to rely more on outsourcing for accomplishing their own information strategies. SaaS(Software as a Service) has recently become one of the powerful outsourcing alternatives. This study tries to identify the influence of the SaaS quality on the service performance and loyalty. A SaaS quality model is developed including tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, and empathy. Then they are hypothesized to have influence on the service performance defined as user satisfaction, individual performance, and organizational performance. Service performance is considered to have an impact on the loyalty to service. Findings from a survey to test hypotheses on the relationship among SaaS quality, performance and loyalty show these variables are significantly important to widespread adoption of SaaS.

Distortion and Dilatatioin in the Tensie Failure of Paper

  • Park, Jong-Moon;James L. Thorpe
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.73-85
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    • 1999
  • Yield and fracture are separated in the tensile failure of paper. Failure in the machine direction of photocopy paper is contrasted with failure in the cross-machine direction . The ratios of distortion (shape change) to dilatation (volume change) for individual elements at yield and fracture are described. The ratios of distortion to dilatation are measured and compared to predicted values of the strain energy density theory. To evaluate the effect of the angle from the principal material direction on the strain energy density theory. To evaluate the effect of the angle from the principal material direction on the strain energy density factor, samples are prepared from machine direction to cross-machine direction in 15 degree intervals. the strain energy density of individual elements are obtained by the integration of stress from finite element analysis with elastic plus plastic strain energy density theory. Poison's ratio and the angle from the principal material direction have a great effect ion the ratio fo distortion to dilatation in paper. During the yield condition, distortion prevails over dilatation . At fracture, dilatation is at a maximum.

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Various underwriting methods through case audit (증례점검 사례를 통한 다양한 언더라이팅 접근 방향 모색)

  • Choi, So-Yung
    • The Journal of the Korean life insurance medical association
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.18-20
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    • 2008
  • I have taught various case audit underwriting methods to underwriters for many years. Underwriting requires specialized medical knowledge and experience of comprehensive individual risk analysis. Decisions in individualized underwriting depend on the insurance company's management philosophy and vision, marketing strategies, culture, product line etc. They also depend on the information acquired through proposal forms, inspection reports, laboratory results and disclosures. Underwriters match this acquired information to each insurance product, search appropriate medical resources, assess the probabilities of future claims, and decide what, if any, further medical information should be gathered. Sources include doctors' reports, medical records, biopsies, blood and urine tests, CT, MRI, Holter monitoring, sonography etc. Insurance medical directors help and teach underwriters to analyze individual medical risks and make effective.

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A Qualitative Study on Safety Rule Violation Motives at Manufacturing Plants (제조사업장의 안전규정 위반요인에 대한 정성적 연구)

  • Hong, In-gie;Baek, Jong-bae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.133-142
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    • 2016
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that influence safety rule violation at work. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 337 participants from nine manufacturing plants. The results of the content analysis revealed the following six categories: Individual characteristics, safety commitment, safety support and resources, safety competence and communication, production pressure, and problems with rules. Among the 14 factors in the six categories above, indirect accident experience in the individual characteristics category and no action for complying with laws in the problems with rules category had not been identified in previous studies. However, some factors, such as age, peer pressure, pay type, the lowering of risk, a masculine way of working, and supervisor position were not found in this study. The implications and limitations are discussed.

On Individual Wave Height Distribution of Ocean Waves (해양파의 개별파고 분포에 대하여)

  • Kim, Do-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.367-372
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    • 2006
  • If the sea is narrowband, the Rayleigh distribution introduced by Longuet-Higgins can be used for the individual wave height distribution. However the Rayleigh distribution over-predicts the probability of high waves. Longuet-Higgins introduced alternative form of the Rayleigh distribution with an empirical constant. The wave height distribution can be fitted well by one parameter Rayleigh distribution with a proper choice of the empirical constant. The empirical constant is the ratio of the significant wave height based the time domain analysis and the spectral analysis. Here we examine wave data which contain extreme waves. Once again we confirmed that extreme wave height distribution can be modelled well by a modified Rayleigh distribution.

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Construction of DNA marker for traceability in Hanwoo

  • Kwon, Jae-Chul;Choi, Yu-Mi;Rhee, Sung-Won;Yeo, Jung-Sou;Lee, Jea-Young
    • 한국데이터정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.04a
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    • pp.213-219
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    • 2006
  • Considering all the factors involved in beef production individual identification using DNA marker testing is the most appropriate solution to give all the breeders' information to the consumers. After taking into account the genealogical information from the Hanwoo, only animals that did not share some parent or grandparent were analysed 33 from the 305 initially sampled. Ten major microsatellite markers were selected from allele amplified and their frequencies, H(Heterozygosity) and PIC(Polymorphism information content) with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Next, in order to evaluate the power of the markers selected on the individual animal identification, the match probability(MP) and the relatedness coefficient(R) were computed.

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