• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.87-98
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• 2018

It is widely known that infragravity waves can exert significant influence on wave run-up over beaches. Large run-ups can lead to overwash, flooding and severe coastal erosion. In spite of the importance of infragravity waves in relation to wave run-up and coastal erosion, few studies have been carried out with regard to the impact of infragravity waves on nearshore morphodynamics with respect to eastern beaches in Korea. The purpose of this study is to investigate the importance of infragravity waves in nearshore numerical modelling. For the study, XBeach model was set up to analyze morphodynamics in December 2016, in Ilsan beach which is located in Ilsan-dong, Ulsan Metropolitan City. After validation of the XBeach model, numerical experiments were conducted by using various directional spreading coefficients. As the directional spreading coefficients are increased, the effect of infragravity waves is also enhanced by narrowband frequency. With the increasing effect of infragravity waves, the amount of sediment transport is also increased and an erosion dominant pattern is found in the south part of Ilsan beach and a deposition pattern in the north part of the beach mainly due to the wave incident direction of NNE.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.759-768
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to assess the state of competition in Nepalese banking over the period from 2010 to 2019. This study employs panel data and a non-structural Panzar-Rosse model to measure the degree of competition in the Nepalese banking industry. The first reduced-form equation is applied to gauge competition, and the second model is used to test the long-run equilibrium in the banking market. The finding reveals that the Nepalese banking market is equilibrium in the long-run. It implies that the factor prices do not affect ROA in the long-run. The result of the H-statistic shows that the Nepalese banking system is operating under the state of perfect competition and is shifted from monopolistic competition to perfect competition. The reduced-form model reveals that the interest income is positive and significantly affected by factor prices. Similarly, the macroeconomic variable GDP growth is positively related to interest income. On the contrary, the bank's specific factors risk and the number of bank branches are inversely associated with the regressand. The outcomes of the study may be advantageous to the policymakers, especially to Nepal Rastra Bank to implement monetary policy and M&A policy for the stability and growth of the financial system of Nepal.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.583-593
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• 2021

The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of economic growth (per capita real GDP), the square of per capita real GDP, energy use, financial development (FD), and foreign direct investment (FDI) on ecological footprint (EF) in the case of Malaysia over the period 1971-2014, by employing the ARDL approach. The long-run results revealed that economic growth has a significant positive impact on the ecological footprint and it implies that the economic growth deteriorates the environmental quality in Malaysia. Conversely, the square of GDP showed a negative and significant impact on the EF in the long run. As the coefficient of GDP in our study is positive and statistically significant while the coefficient of squared GDP is negatively significant, thus, this study supports the presence of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in the case of Malaysia. Furthermore, the result indicates that FDI has a positive and significant impact on the EF in the long run, which means a rise in FDI will enhance the environmental pollution level. Thus, it confirms the pollution haven hypothesis. Hence, it suggests that Malaysia imposes stricter environmental policies. Further, FDI and FD are causing GDP in Malaysia, but through increasing EF.

• 천문학회보
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.33.2-33.2
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• 2019

Horizon Run 5 is the most massive cosmological hydrodynamic simulation ever performed until now. Owing to the large spatial volume ($717{\times}80{\times}80[cMpc/h]^3$) and the high resolution down to 1 kpc, we may study the cosmological effects on star and galaxy formations over a wide range of mass scales from the dwarf to the cluster. We have modified the public available Ramses code to harness the power of the OpenMP parallelism, which is necessary for running simulations in such a huge KISTI supercomputer called Nurion. We have reached z=2.3 from z=200 for a given simulation period of 50 days using 2500 computing nodes of Nurion. During the simulation run, we have saved snapshot data at 97 redshifts and two light cone space data, which will be used later for the study of various research fields in galaxy formation and cosmology. We will close this talk by listing possible research topics that will play a crucial role in helping us take lead in those areas.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.111-122
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• 2021

The main purpose of the present research is to analyze the effects of trade, financial globalization, and technological progress on income inequality in the Indian economy over the period from 1982 to 2018. For this purpose, the study uses economic growth, financial globalization, trade openness, technological development, and economic inequality variables with appropriate proxies. The study employs the Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach to co-integration and VECM based Granger causality approach to estimate both the short-run and long-run relationship and causality among variables. Using the ARDL bounds test, the study finds a long-run co-integrating relationship existing among the variables in the model. The study confirms the existence of a positive and significant impact of technological progress on income inequality. Further, globalization's limited impact reflects two offsetting tendencies; trade globalization is associated with a reduction in income inequality, while financial globalization is related to an increase in inequality. The results of VECM based Granger causality approach further confirm that technological progress, trade, and financial globalization causes income inequality both directly and indirectly through economic growth and inflation. In case of India, the results of this research can significantly facilitate stakeholders and policymakers in devising policies towards effective globalization and technological innovation for inclusive growth.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권10호
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• pp.15-27
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• 2022

Recently, as carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions have increased overall and contributed to air pollution, and awareness of environmental degradation has grown. This study examines the impacts and causalities of economic globalization, economic growth, energy consumption, and capital formation on CO₂ emissions in China over the period 1971-2014. The vector error correction model (VECM) and Granger causality test on time-series data are employed to observe the interactions between CO₂ emission, economic globalization, and various economic factors, including economic growth, energy consumption, and capital formation, since China's early stage of globalization. The empirical results indicate the existence of bidirectional causalities from economic growth, gross capital formation, economic globalization, and CO₂ emission to energy consumption, and bidirectional casualty from energy consumption to CO₂ emission relationships in the short run. The findings of this study suggest that indirect bidirectional causalities from economic growth, economic globalization, and capital formation to CO₂ emission through energy consumption are observed. Moreover, economic globalization accelerates CO₂ emission in the short run but decreases it in the long run. To reduce CO₂ emissions, and to ensure sustainable economic growth and economic globalization progress, some crucial energy-saving and energy-efficiency policies, regulatory rules, and laws are recommended.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2023

The paper aims to investigate the asymmetric long-run and short-run relationships between inflation and remittance outflows in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (hereafter KSA) over the period 1971-2019 by using the Nonlinear Autoregressive Distributed Lag (NARDL) model. The statistical tests have supported the validity and stability of the model. The Wald F-test statistics confirm the existence of a long-run equilibrium relationship among the model variables; remittance outflows, positive (negative) shocks in inflation rates, investment, real GDP, and trade openness. Moreover, the empirical results confirm the existence of an asymmetric effect of the inflation rate on remittance outflows. The response of foreign workers to an increase in inflation rates differs from their response to a decrease in inflation rates. However, this asymmetric relationship between the increases/decreases in inflation and remittance outflows is significantly weak. The weakness of this relationship is due to the high marginal remittance propensity of migrant workers, which is explained by the low consumption propensity of foreign workers and their ability to adjust to the high cost of living due to inflation and the imposition of accompanying fees. Finally, the change in the inflation rate is not among the main factors influencing foreign remittance decisions in Saudi Arabia.

• 대기
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2016

In this study, we investigated the variabilities of wind speed of 850 hPa and precipitable water over the East Asia region using the NCEP Final Analysis data from December 2001 to November 2011. A large variance of wind speed was observed in northern and eastern China during the winter period. During summer, the regions of the East China Sea, the South Sea of Japan and the East Sea show large variances in the wind speed caused by an extended North Pacific High and typhoon activities. The large variances in the wind speed in the regions are shown to be correlated with the inter-annual variability of precipitable water over the inland region of windward side of the Korean Peninsula. Based on the investigation, sensitivity tests to the domain size were performed using the WRF model version 3.6 for heavy precipitation events over the Korean Peninsula for 26 and 27 July 2011. Numerical experiments of different domain sizes were set up with 5 km horizontal and 50 levels vertical resolutions for the control and the first experimental run, and 9 km horizontal for the second experimental run. We found that the major rainfalls correspond to shortwave troughs with baroclinic structure over Northeast China and extended North Pacific High. The correlation analysis between the observation and experiments for 1-h precipitation indicated that the second experiment with the largest domain had the best performance with the correlation coefficient of 0.79 due to the synoptic-scale systems such as short-wave troughs and North Pacific High.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제51권4호
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• pp.337-342
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• 2009

회분식 반응조를 Mg원 첨가 방법이나 혹은 MAP을 재이용하는 조건이 서로 다른 4가지 상이한 조건하에서 운전하면서 공정으로부터 회수된 magnesium ammonium phosphate (MAP) 혹은 struvite 슬러리의 재이용 수단으로서의 극초단파조사 방법의 이용 가능성을 파악하였다. 또한 극초단파조사 동안의 MAP 용해율과 $NH_4-N$ 소실양상 및 MAP의 물리/화학적 변화를 분석하였다. Mg원을 첨가하지 않은 run A에서의 용해성 인과 암모니아성 질소의 제거율은 각각 33%와 27% 수준이었던 반면 유입수내 용해성 인 기준 동몰비의 Mg원을 첨가한 run B에서는 용해성 인과 암모니아성 질소의 제거율이 각각 87% 와 40% 수준으로 증가하였다. 극초단파를 조사한 MAP을 첨가한 run C의 경우, 비록 Mg원을 첨가한 run B에 비해 $PO_4-P$와 $NH_4-N$ 제거율이 낮았으나, Mg원을 첨가하지 않은 run A에 비해 $PO_4-P$의 제거율이 2배 정도 높아지는 결과를 보였다. Mg 원과 MAP을 각각 1/2씩 첨가한 run D에서의 $PO_4-P$와 $NH_4-N$ 제거효율은 각각 88%와 35% 수준으로 Mg원만을 1몰비로 첨가한 run B와 거의 유사한 효율을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과에 의거 극초단파로 처리한 후 MAP을 재이용하는 방법은 공정에서의 인과 질소의 제거율을 높임은 물론, Mg원 사용량을 감소시키는 이중효과가 있음을 알 수 있었다. MAP을 극초단파로 조사하면서 $NH_4-N$ 농도변화를 관찰한 결과 극초단파조사 초기단계에서는 $NH_4-N$ 농도가 점차 증가하다가 온도가 $45^{\circ}C$ 이상으로 상승함에 따라 용액으로부터 $NH_4-N$가 소실되기 시작하여 감소하였으며 극초단파조사 동안의 $PO_4-P$ 용해율은 초기 MAP 농도에 비례하면서 $0.0091x^{0.6373}$ mg/sec의 상관관계를 갖는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 주사전자현미경을 이용한 극초단파조사 동안의 MAP 크리스탈 구조변화실험 결과 극초단파 조사시 전자기적 진동력에 의해 단시간내에 MAP 크리스탈 구조가 작은 입방체 과립형태로 부숴지고 극초단파 조사가 지속됨에 따라 점차 용액내로 녹음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국지반환경공학회 논문집
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.31-35
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• 2001

여과지속시간에 영향을 미지는 여과지의 유효경과 규조류 크기 사이의 관계를 기 보고된 데이터와 몇몇 정수장의 실 운영 데이터를 이용하여 평가하였다. 단일여재를 사용하는 정수장의 경우에 여과지속시간이 15시간 이하일 확률이 10~60%, 이중여재를 사용하는 정수장의 경우, 여과지속시간이 30시간 이하일 확률이 10~20%로 나타났다. 여과 폐색 발생 기간중 Synedra의 점유율은 64~92%인 것으로 나타났다. 이중여재의 유효경은 0.71~1.40mm이고 균등계수는 125~167이었다. 단일여재의 유효경은 0.52~0.65mm이고 균등계수는 0.25~1.40이었다. 계산된 이중여재의 침투깊이는 2.58~15.4cm이었으며, 단일여재의 경우에는 1.29~2.17cm이었다. 그리고 평균 여과지속시간은 이중여재가 40.1~83.3 시간, 단일여재가 13.9~34.9 시간으로 나타났다. 단일여재에서 Synedra의 수가 400cells/ml을 초과하면 여과지속시간은 5시간 이하로 나타났으며, 이중여재의 경우에는 70시간 이상으로 나타났다.