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Using metaphorical techniques in focus groups to uncover mothers' feelings about family meals

  • Kling, Leslie;Cotugna, Nancy;Snider, Sue;Peterson, P. Michael
    • Nutrition Research and Practice
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.226-233
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    • 2009
  • Traditional nutrition education has not been shown to consistently produce behavior change. While it has been suggested that using emotion-based messages may be a better way to influence nutrition behavior change, this has not been well tested. Producing emotion-based messages is a multi-step process that begins with exploring subconscious barriers to behavior change rather than the more obvious and typically reported barriers. The purpose of this research was to uncover the emotional reasons, sometimes referred to as emotional pulse points, for mothers' choosing or not choosing to have more family meals. This would then serve as the first step to developing emotion-based messages promoting the benefits of family meals. Five focus group interviews were conducted with 51 low-income Black (n=28) and white (n=23) mothers. Metaphorical techniques were used to determine underlying feelings toward family and family meals. Discussions were video-taped, transcribed, and manually analyzed using a content-driven, immersion/crystallization approach to qualitative data analysis. Four themes emerged around the definition of family: acceptance, sharing, chaos, and protective/loyal. Some mothers felt mealtime was merely obligatory, and described it as stressful. Some reported a preference for attending to their own needs instead of sitting down with their children, while others felt that mealtime should be used to interact with and educate children and felt guilty when they were not able to provide family meals. Three themes emerged around feelings towards having or not having family meals: unimportant, important, and guilty. When explored further, mothers indicated that using the feeling of guilt to encourage family meals might be effective. Data obtained are being used to develop innovative, emotion-based messages that will be tested for effectiveness in promoting family meals.

A Study on the Component Development For e-Business Application Systems (e-비즈니스 응용 시스템을 위한 컴포넌트 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Haeng-Kon
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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    • v.11D no.5
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    • pp.1095-1104
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    • 2004
  • An electronic services which are based on Internet/Intranet business transactions are available to e-market places and get the broader business concepts. Component-based e-commerce technology is a recent trend towards resolving the e-commerce chanange at both system and ap-plication levels. The basic capabilities of component based systems should include the plug and play features at various granularities, interoper-ability across networks and mobility in various networking environments. E-business application developers are attempting to more towards web-service as a mechanism for developing component-based web-applications. Traditional process and development models are inadequately architectured to meet the rapidly evolving needs for the future of scalable web services. In this thesis, we focus specifically on the issues of e-business system architecture based on web service for establishing e-business system. We specifies and identifies design pattern for applying e-business domain in the context of multiple entities. We investigate prototype and frameworks to develope components for e-business application based suggested process. We present a worked example to demonstrate the behavior of Customer Authentication System(CAS) development with component and recommend process. Final]Y, we indicate and view on future directions in component-based development in the context of electronic business.

Economic Analysis on Solar Energy System with Decision Support Models (의사 결정지원 모형에 의한 태양에너지 이용시스템의 경제성 고찰)

  • Chea, In-Su;Jo, Dok-Ki;Chea, Young-Hi
    • Solar Energy
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.63-79
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    • 1990
  • It has been recognized that a policy for supplying solar house and hot water production systems utilizing solar energy needs to be driven to save civilian comsuming energy or to develop alternative energy. However, the economic feasibility study of solar energy systems must be carried out before their practical use. The purpose of this study is to furnish information for supplying policy and enlightening users with the economic feasibility study of solar house and hot water production systems. Decision support systems are established to carry out economic analysis on solar systems more accurately. Therefore, computer simulation is carried out to analyze the performance of solar systems and also economic feasibility study by trial and error method is carried out. Fuel cost and additional cost for solar systems are estimated employing present worth concept and economic analysis has been conducted using the break-even point analysis method and life-cycle cost analysis method.

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Inland Logistics Forwarding System based on Supply Chain Management : ILOF (공급사슬기반의 육상물류중개시스템 개발에 관한 연구)

  • 박남규;최형림;김현수;박영재;손형수
    • Journal of Information Technology Application
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.67-82
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    • 2001
  • The ILOF project addresses the needs of logistics industrial organizations to reduce information processing time, improve added and residual value of information and reduce processing and transportation costs. It deals with the information supply chain information systems shared by vertical partner as important entity, whose performance and optimization very significantly affects the efficiency and performance of logistics industries. This paper deals with logistics information exchange systems based on supply chain management, focusing on sharing database and processes between partners such as shipper, logistics broker, transportation company, shipping company etc., for smoothing the information flow, enhancing consumer service and reducing communication fee and labour costs. The significance of contribution of this research is the provision of a model for logistics information exchange including entity relationship diagram, data flow diagram and functions which is able to facilitate the formulation of a customer driven supply chain information network, there by enhancing the competitive edge of companies in logistics industries on local and global basis.

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Challenges and solutions for Internet of Things Driven by IPv6

  • Emad-ul-Haq, Qazi;Aboalsamh, Hatim;Belghith, Abdelfettah;Hussain, Muhammad;Abdul, Wadood;Dahshan, Mostafa H.;Ghouzali, Sanaa
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.9 no.12
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    • pp.4739-4758
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    • 2015
  • The IPv4 addressing scheme, which was proposed by IETF in 1981, provides 4.3 billion unique 32-bit IP addresses but has been fully exhausted in Feb, 2011. This exhaustion of unique IP addresses poses significant challenges to the addition of new devices to the Internet as well as offering new services. Internet of Things, which provides interconnected uniquely identifiable devices in the existing Internet infrastructure, will be greatly affected by the lack of unique IP addresses. In order to connect to the existing Internet infrastructure, every new device needs a uniquely identified IP address for communication. It has been estimated that by the year 2020 more than 30 billion devices would be connected to the Internet. In order to meet the challenge of such vast requirement of unique IP addresses, the devices in IoT will have to adopt IPv6, which is the latest version of Internet Protocol. IPv6 uses 128-bit IP addresses and offers 2128 unique IP addresses. Therefore, it expands IPv4 and provides new features of end to end connections as well as new services. In this paper, the various challenges with respect to providing connectivity, security, mobility, etc., have been discussed and how IPv6 helps in meeting those challenges.

A Study on the User-driven Urban Park Development Plan Awareness Survey - Focusing on Lawns·Grass Area - (의식조사를 통한 이용자 중심의 도시공원 조성방안 연구 - 잔디·녹지공간을 중심으로 -)

  • Seo, Jung-Young;Sung, Hyun-Chan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.61-72
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    • 2009
  • This study aims to analyze the current situation of and issues in the structure of urban neighborhood parks and park facility installation in cities in Gyeonggi-do. Then, based on its findings, plans to improve the space structure of the parks were examined and suggested to raise the city environment improvement function and green area base function of urban parks and fully satisfy users' needs for pleasant rest, recreation and cultural activities. The findings showed that, within parks, the area of grass where access was restricted reached about 24.4% in average. In other words, only 75.6% of total park area could be freely used by park visitors. As for an improvement plan, the grass area where access is limited may be converted into a gras area that can be freely used to raise the park use area, which currently stands only at 75.6%, to 100%. The result of cross analysis through Chi-Square Test regarding lawn use as well as regarding (dis)agreement with reduction of lawn, based on the investigation of cognition, showed a significant agreement of park users with reduction of green areas. Therefore it is considered that lawn space must be reduced according the result of the analysis, to set up plans for facility space that would meet the desires of users. The analysis of user behaviors revealed that many of them used square spaces and walks; therefore it is considered that re-structuring of space is necessary according to local characteristics. This study also made some policy suggestion. urban parks must be a base of city green areas to counter climate changes. When developing a park creation plan, a user demand survey must be conducted in advance. In addition. grass construction methods should be improved to tolerate foot pressure.

The Emotional Expression Character study of Utilizing Advertising Media (문자를 활용한 매체광고의 감성적 표현)

  • Kim, Young-Kook
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.166-174
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    • 2010
  • As the speed of social change consumers' buying patterns change, with an effective and competitive means of communication is an effort to find ads world. Characters have to maximize its own image, the character font used for the situation fits perfectly expressed in the formative Calligraphy differentiated pay plan as part of Calligraphy is considered. People feel in the hand by writing letters that can not be standardized as a strong symbol and symbolism, and the appeal and beauty, dynamic motion, mystery, and can be expressed. Design disciplines across all areas of Calligraphy extensive coverage, digital coolness of the hard preparation for the soft and warm lyricism analogue availability is required to meet contemporary needs. Media ads that emphasize the use of the Calligraphy emotional representation of the contents of the ads favorable to improve cognitive function, attention, recall of positive affect and, therefore, character-driven emotional expression as an art communications capabilities with one of the media is situated in the heart of the culture.

A Preliminary Study on UAV Photogrammetry for the Hyanho Coast Near the Military Reservation Zone, Eastern Coast of Korea (동해안 군사시설보호구역 주변 향호 연안역을 대상으로 무인항공사진측량에 관한 예비 연구)

  • Kim, Baeck-Oon;Yun, Kong-Hyun;Chang, Tae-Soo;Bahk, Jang-Jun;Kim, Seong-Pil
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.159-168
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    • 2017
  • To evaluate the accuracy of UAV photogrammetry for Hyangho coast, eastern coast of Korea, we conducted a field experiment wherein UAV photogrammetry test was repeated three times. Since the Haygho coast is located within a military reservation zone, it was necessary to obtain permission to gain access to the beach and to have sensitive aerial photographs showing military facilities inspected and cropped. The standard deviation of the UAV shooting position between the three tests was less than 1 m, but repeatability of footprint on the ground was low due to wind-driven variability of the UAV pose. Self-calibrating bundle adjustment(SCBA) of implementing non-metric camera calibration was failed in one test. In two tests, the vertical error was twice as large as the pixel size except for those areas that were subject to security inspection and cropping. Given the problems that can arise with regard to the repeatability of the shooting area as well as the possibility of failure with regard to SCBA, we strongly recommend that UAV photogrammetry in coastal areas needs to be repeated at least twice.

Development of MDA-based Subsurface Spatial Ontology Model for Semantic Sharing (시멘틱 공유를 위한 MDA기반 지하공간정보 온톨로지 모델 개발)

  • Lee, Sang-Hoon;Chang, Pyoung-Wuck
    • Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.121-129
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    • 2009
  • Today, it is difficult to re-use and share spatial information, because of the explosive growth of heterogeneous information and specific characters of spatial information accumulated by diverse local agency. A spatial analysis of subsurface spatial informa-tion, one of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure, needs related spatial information such as, topographical map, geologic map, underground facility map, etc. However, current methods using standard format or spatial datawarehouse cannot consider a se-mantic hetergenity. In this paper, the layered ontology model which consists of generic concept, measuremnt scale, spatial model, and subsurface spatial information has developed. Also, the current ontology building method pertained to human experts is a expensive and time-consuming process. We have developed the MDA-based metamodel(UML Profile) of ontology that can be a easy under-standing and flexiblity of environment change. The semantic quality of devleoped ontology model has evaluated by reasoning engine, Pellet. We expect to improve a semantic sharing, and strengthen capacities for developing GIS experts system using knowledge representation ability of ontology.

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Curriculum development group specializing in the Department of Hu-man Resources plan (군 전문인력 양성학과 교육과정 개발 방안)

  • Kim, Young Joung
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.195-202
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    • 2013
  • Defense reform our military for the globalization of information. Scientific command structure, troop structure, unit structure, step-by-step into the power structure while promoting a history of quantitative-oriented structure, and structure of the quality of state-of-the-art technology-driven transition in the middle of the bottle numberplans about the current 3.3-fold increase in reducing the cadre(officers and NCOs). NCO groups in the executive, especially expanding the current level of 100% increase in the rate of long-serving, while ensuring a stable job and to superior resources to secure a stable policy through science. Military alliance is now underway. In the midst of this group, and urged the group at the University of the leading military and specialized resources to ensure each agreement required by subjects to reflect. Thus effectively improve the quality of education and the demands of the job analysis, DACUM curriculum development methods and procedures can be applied at the time of urgent need for foster an excellent resource for the discharge of curriculum development at the University of Selected as a core job, career, and job classification configuration inside of Duty according to KST derived from the group reflect on the training courses to meet the requirements in the curriculum through the development of curriculum, job definition, job model set to propose.