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Perceived Risk Factors Affecting Consumers' Online Shopping Behaviour

  • THAM, Kok Wai;DASTANE, Omkar;JOHARI, Zainudin;ISMAIL, Nurlida Binti
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.249-260
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    • 2019
  • The study examines the impact of financial risk, convenience risk, non-delivery risk; return policy risk and product risk on online consumer behavior of Malaysian consumers. The research employed a self-administered survey to collect empirical data from 245 Malaysian online shoppers by using convenience sampling. Cronbach alpha was calculated to confirm the reliability of the data and then normality was assessed. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was then conducted to test the model using the goodness-of-fit tests. And finally, structural equation modeling is used to test the hypotheses and draw conclusions. IBM SPSS AMOS version 22.0 was utilized for data analysis. The research indicates that product risk, convenience risk, and return policy risk have a significant and positive impact on online shopping behavior. Financial risk is found to have insignificant and negative effects on consumer behavior. In addition, the non-delivery risk is found to have a significant and negative impact on online shopping behavior. The findings provide a useful model for measuring and managing perceived risk in online shopping which may result in an increase in participation of Malaysian consumers and reduce their cognitive deficiencies in the e-commerce environment. Several managerial implications are discussed along with the scope for future research.

Wear Characteristic of Diamond Burs in Dentistry (치과용 다이아몬드 버의 마멸 특성)

  • 이근상;임영호;권동호;최만용;김교한;최영윤
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 1996.11a
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    • pp.80-84
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    • 1996
  • This paper aims at reviewing the Possibility application over normal or abnormal, detection used by AE and the wear characteristics of grinding process. In this study, when diamond bur in dentistry with chosen grinding conditions were tuned at grinding. The variation of grinding resistance and hE signal is detected by the use of AE measuring system. The tests are carried out in accordance with diamond burs and workpiece; arcyl and bovine. According to the experiment results, the following can be expected; AE has the possibility to detect the state normality and abnormality. However, the grinding resistance measuring can find it difficult to detect it. It can be accurately excerpted from AE occurrence pattern in contact start point of diamond bur and bovine, grinding condition and derailment point. It is known that AE$\_$rms/ is well compatible with grinding resistance. According to the increase of the material removal rate, the specific energy of the diamond bur is inclined to decrease and the grinding resistance has a tendency to increase.

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Analysis of Time Domain Active Sensing Data from CX-100 Wind Turbine Blade Fatigue Tests for Damage Assessment

  • Choi, Mijin;Jung, Hwee Kwon;Taylor, Stuart G.;Farinholt, Kevin M.;Lee, Jung-Ryul;Park, Gyuhae
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.93-101
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    • 2016
  • This paper presents the results obtained using time-series-based methods for structural damage assessment. The methods are applied to a wind turbine blade structure subjected to fatigue loads. A 9 m CX-100 (carbon experimental 100 kW) blade is harmonically excited at its first natural frequency to introduce a failure mode. Consequently, a through-thickness fatigue crack is visually identified at 8.5 million cycles. The time domain data from the piezoelectric active-sensing techniques are measured during the fatigue loadings and used to detect incipient damage. The damage-sensitive features, such as the first four moments and a normality indicator, are extracted from the time domain data. Time series autoregressive models with exogenous inputs are also implemented. These features could efficiently detect a fatigue crack and are less sensitive to operational variations than the other methods.

Numerical Approach with Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test for Detection of Impulsive Noise (임펄스성 잡음의 유무를 결정하는 Kolmogorov-Smirnov 검증의 수치적 접근의 효율성)

  • Oh, Hyungkook;Nam, Haewoon
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.39C no.9
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    • pp.852-860
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    • 2014
  • This paper proposes an efficient algorithm based on Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to determine the presence of impulsive noise in the given environment. Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Chi-Square tests are known in the literature to serve as a goodness-of-fit test especially for a testing for normality of the distribution. But these algorithms are difficult to implement in practice due to high complexity. The proposed algorithm gives a significant reduction of the computational complexity while decreasing the error probability of hypothesis test, which is shown in the simulation results. Also, it is worth noting that the proposed algorithm is not dependent on the noise environment.

The implementation of children's automated formant setting by Praat scripting (Praat을 이용한 아동 포먼트 자동 세팅 스크립트 구현)

  • Park, Jiyeon;Seong, Cheoljae
    • Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 2018
  • This study introduces an automated Praat script allowing optimal formant analysis for children's vowels. Using Burg's algorithm in Praat, formants can be extracted by setting the maximum formant value and the number of formants. The optimal formant setting was determined by identifying the two conditions, F1 and F2, with minimum standard deviations. When applying the optimal formant setting determined by the script, the results of normality tests were not significant among all vowels except /e/ for the maximum formant value, and among the vowels /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/ and /ʌ/ for the number of formants. This indicates that when analyzing the formants of children's vowel sounds, the unilateral application of a parameter setting (the maximum formant value and the number of formants) to all vowels is problematic. The performance of the optimal formant setting script was evaluated along with 3 different algorithm in order to determine whether it properly extracts formants for children's vowels. To this end, Korean monophghongs of 6-year-old children were collected and the Praat scripts were applied to the data. Resultant Formant plots and statistical analysis showed that optimum_script and qtone_script, which links to the perceptual unit, performed very well in formant extraction compared to the remaining 2 scripts.

The Relationship Between Despotic Leadership and Employee Outcomes: An Empirical Study from Pakistan

  • KHAN, Hafiz Ghufran Ali;AHMED, Irshad;Ul AIN, Qurat;MUMTAZ, Roohi;IKRAM, Memoona
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.331-341
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    • 2022
  • Through emotional exhaustion, this study empirically tests followers' behavioral responses to autocratic leaders. The current research focuses on effects caused by despotic leadership on followers' emotional exhaustion, which leads to employee outcomes such as interpersonal deviances and indirect aggression. The association between despotic leadership and results (employee interpersonal deviance and indirect violence) is investigated in this study. In this study, emotional exhaustion is used as a mediator. Furthermore, negative affectivity is used as a moderator between despotic leadership and emotional exhaustion. A time-lagged framework is employed with a sample of 255 respondents. Age, qualification, marital status, gender, grade, type of organization, department, and job experience are among the eight demographical questions in this study. After evaluating the data for normality, correlation analysis was performed, followed by moderation and mediation analysis. The current study explores the link between despotic leadership and emotional exhaustion among followers, arguing that a despotic leader will leave followers exhausted at work. Emotional exhaustion was also linked to interpersonal deviances, such as indirect aggression, in a significant and positive way. Employee outcomes, such as interpersonal deviances and indirect aggressiveness through emotional exhaustion, will be influenced by a despotic leader, according to the findings.

Grinding Characteristics of Diamond Burs in Dentistry (치과용 다이아몬드 버의 연삭가공 특성)

  • Lee, Keun-Sang;Lim, Young-Ho;Kwon, Dong-Ho;Choi, Man-Yong;Kim, Kyo-Han;Choi, Young-Yun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.14 no.12
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    • pp.66-72
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    • 1997
  • This paper aims at reviewing the possibility application over normal or abnormal, detection used by AE and the wear characteristics of grinding process. In this study, when diamond bur in dentistry with chosen grinding conditions were tuned at grinding. The variation of grinding resistance and AE signal is detected by the use of AE measuring system. The tests are carried out in accordance with diamond burs and workpiece: arcyl and bovine. According to the experiment results, the following can be expected: AE has the possibility to detect the state normality and abnormality. Hpwever, the grinding resistance measuring can find it difficult to detect it. It can be accurately excepted from AE occurrence pattern in contact start point of diamond bur and bovine, grinding condition and derailment point. It is known that AErms is well compatible with grinding resistance. According to the increase of the material removal rate, the specific energy of the diamond bur is inclined to dectease and the grinding resistance has a tendency to increase.

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Effects of Scratch Programming Learning based on CPS on Verbal Creativity (CPS 모형 기반 스크래치 프로그래밍 학습이 언어 창의성에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, ByeongSu;Kim, JongHoon
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.11-19
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    • 2013
  • Recently, the discussion of domain-generality vs. domain-specificity of creativity has been continued. At this point in time, we need to research computer programming activities related to creativity again. While most of existing relative researches have performed TTCT figural tests for evaluating learners' creativity of learning education programming language, our perspective is that verbal creativity is needed on learning education programming language more. In this research, we have developed scratch programming learning based on CPS with the contents using fundamental concepts of computer science from the viewpoint of that programming is a kind of learning required verbal thinking style. This learning program was applied to 17 students of 4th and 5th grade for each 4 classes in 5 days, total 20 classes, this group passed normality test has the result of t-test has found that three subscales (fluency, flexibility and originality) and creativity index (mean of three standard scores) of verbal creativity were improved significantly using the mean of standard scores (100) of TTCT verbal tests as the test value.

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Potential Use of a Smartphone to Evaluate Gait during Walking in Stroke Patients (스마트폰 어플리케이션을 이용한 뇌졸중 환자의 보행 평가 가능성)

  • An, Bo-Ra;Ki, Kyong-Il;Woo, Young-Keun
    • PNF and Movement
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.67-73
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: Smartphones, which are widely used worldwide to detect acceleration and position, have been used in the area of rehabilitation medicine in recent clinical research studies and tests. The aim of the present study was to determine the feasibility of using a smartphone application based on center of movement (COM) displacement to measure gait parameters in stroke patients in the clinical field of rehabilitation medicine. Methods: The study consisted of 30 stroke patients. The COM was measured using a smartphone application, Gait Analysis Pro, during a 6-m walk. Each patient performed three 6-m walking trials, and the smartphone application measured gait duration, gait speed, step length, cadence, and vertical and lateral displacement of the COM. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test was conducted to determine the normality in gait parameters, and a repeated one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to determine the consistency among the three trials. A p value of 0.05 was considered statistically significant in all the tests. Results: In all the measured parameters, the smartphone application showed a normal distribution, as shown by the results of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. There were no significant differences among the three repetitive walking trials. Conclusion: These results suggest that the smartphone application can be used for evaluating gait in stroke patients, as well as in healthy adults. However, prior to using the smartphone application in the clinical field, further research involving three-dimensional gait analysis is needed to enhance the confidence level of the findings.

Assessment of Availability of Korean Computerized Neurobehavioral Test in Patients with Brain Injury (뇌손상 환자에서 컴퓨터 신경행동검사의 유용성 평가)

  • Kim, Tae-Hoon;Jeon, Man-Joong;Sakong, Joon
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.339-349
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    • 2013
  • This study was conducted to evaluate the correlation between the Korean version of Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE-K) and the Korean Computerized Neurobehavioral Test (KCNT) and the usefulness of KCNT for discriminating the patients with suspected dementia from normal persons in patients with a brain injury. The results of each items of KCNT had passed the test for normality. T test for group comparison and bivariate correlation analysis for correlation between two tests were used. There were no significant differences in characteristics of two groups. The differences in results of eight tests of KCNT between two groups were statistically significant (p<.05) and the Pearson correlation coefficients (r) between two tests were statistically significant (p<.05) : simple reaction time (-.580), choice reaction time (-.341), color word vigilance (-.661), digit classification (-.703), 2-digit addition (-.582), 3-digit addition (-.610), symbol digit substitution (-.642), and digit span (.807). These results suggested that simple reaction time and 2-digit addition were useful in discriminating the patients with suspected dementia from normal persons because the Pearson correlation coefficients of the two items of KCNT showed anticlastic association between two groups. And each items of KCNT may use in follow up cognitive function for patients in two groups.