Agrophotovoltaic (APV) system is an integrated system producing crops as well as solar energy. Because crop production underneath Photovoltaic (PV) modules requires delicate management of crops, smart farming equipment such as real-time remote monitoring sensors (e.g., soil moisture sensors) and micro-climate monitoring sensors (e.g., thermometers and irradiance sensors) is installed in the APV system. This study aims at introducing a decision support system (DSS) for smart farming in an APV system. The proposed DSS is devised to provide a mobile application service, satellite image processing, real-time data monitoring, and performance estimation. Particularly, the real-time monitoring data is used as an input of the DSS system for performance estimation of an APV system in terms of production yields of crops and monetary benefit so that a data-driven function is implemented in the proposed system. The proposed DSS is validated with field data collected from an actual APV system at the Jeollanamdo Agricultural Research and Extension Services in South Korea. As a result, farmers and engineers enable to efficiently produce solar energy without causing harmful impact on regular crop production underneath PV modules. In addition, the proposed system will contribute to enhancement of the smart farming technology in the field of agriculture.

Investors must adopt profitable investment opportunities to maximize their wealth. Almost all investment, finance, engineering economics textbooks explain that net present value (NPV) measures the profitability (or value) of investment opportunities in absolute size, and internal rate of return (IRR) measures the profitability of investment opportunities in relative proportions. However, NPV is a measure of the relative size of the return on investment opportunity to do-nothing alternative. Moreover, IRR can occur in multiple investment opportunities and may not exist. To make matters worse, IRR and NPV also have conflicting problems in accept-or-reject decisions. In this study, the reason why NPV and IRR cannot accurately measure the profitability of investment opportunities is identified, and fundamental characteristics that investment opportunity profitability measures should have are presented.

In the case of a die-casting process, defects that are difficult to confirm by visual inspection, such as shrinkage bubbles, may occur due to an error in maintaining a vacuum state. Since these casting defects are discovered during post-processing operations such as heat treatment or finishing work, they cannot be taken in advance at the casting time, which can cause a large number of defects. In this study, we propose an approach that can predict the occurrence of casting defects by defect type using machine learning technology based on casting parameter data collected from equipment in the die casting process in real time. Die-casting parameter data can basically be collected through the casting equipment controller. In order to perform classification analysis for predicting defects by defect type, labeling of casting parameters must be performed. In this study, first, the defective data set is separated by performing the primary clustering based on the total defect rate obtained during the post-processing. Second, the secondary cluster analysis is performed using the defect rate by type for the separated defect data set, and the labeling task is performed by defect type using the cluster analysis result. Finally, a classification learning model is created by collecting the entire labeled data set, and a real-time monitoring system for defect prediction using LabView and Python was implemented. When a defect is predicted, notification is performed so that the operator can cope with it, such as displaying on the monitoring screen and alarm notification.

Transportation in urban area has been getting hard to fulfill the demand on time. There are various uncertainties and obstacles related with road conditions, traffic congestions, and accidents to interrupt the on-time deliveries. With this situation, the last mile logistics has been a keen issue for researchers and practitioners to find the best strategy of the problem. A way to resolve the problem is to use parcel lockers. Parcel locker is a storage that customers can pick up their products. Transportation vehicles deliver the products to parcel lockers instead of all customer sites. Using the parcel lockers, the total delivery costs can be reduced. However, the inconvenience of customer has to increase. Thus, we have to optimal solution to balance between the total delivery costs and customers' inconvenience. This paper formulates a mathematical model to find the optimal solution for the vehicle routing problem and the location problem of parcel lockers. Experimental results provide the viability to find optimal strategy for the routing problem as well as the location problem.

Iron deficiency is known to be a common nutritional disorder in many countries, especially among children, women of childbearing age and pregnant women. SUNACTIVE Fe-P80 is a new type of iron supplement that applies nanotechnlateology for the purpose of overcoming the disadvantages of food supplements. This study was conducted to investigate the potential adverse effects of a 28-day repeated oral dose of SUNACTIVE Fe-P80 in rats. SUNACTIVE Fe-P80 was administered once daily by gavage to Sprague-Dawley rats for 28 days at doses of 0, 500, 1,000, and 2,000 mg/kg/day. Additional recovery groups from the control and highdose groups were observed for a 14-day recovery period. At the scheduled termination, the animals were sacrificed, their organs weighed, and blood samples collected. There were no treatment-related effects in the context of clinical signs, body weight, food intake, ophthalmoscopy, urinalysis, necropsy findings, organ weights, and hematologic, serum biochemical and histopathological parameters at any dose tested. Under the present experimental conditions, the no-observed-adverse-effect level of SUNACTIVE Fe-P80 was ≥ 2,000 mg/kg/day in both the sexes, and no target organs were identified. Thus, the results suggest that SUNACTIVE Fe-P80 is relatively safe, as no treatment-related adverse effects were observed following a 28-day repeated oral dose experiment.

Over the past decade, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and platelet derivatives have been widely investigated in the field of regenerative medicine due to their high concentrations of platelet- related growth factors, cytokines, and other proteins. Recently, many clinical studies have suggested their regenerative therapeutic efficacy in treating several disorders in medical field. However, their therapeutic applications are not well characterized in veterinary medicine as in human and experimental animals. This article reviews functional roles of platelets, scientific concepts, and clinical use of PRP and platelet derivatives in veterinary medicine. It also presents guidelines for veterinary applications of PRP in the future.

During the global health emergency, like the COVID-19 pandemic, people attend to organizations dedicated to international well-being. This paper aims to identify the construction of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) multiple identities attested in four identity processes: indexicality, local-occasioning, positioning, and dialogism. Identifying the organization’s identities can foster identity processes and help to understand the relationality of identities. Qualitative data from the WHO director-general’s media remarks on COVID-19 were collected and analyzed using a corpus analysis tool, AntConc. The tool allowed an investigation of word frequency, sentence structure patterns, and the use of keywords in sentences. This analysis revealed that the WHO has negotiated and presented several identities in COVID-19 situations. The results suggest that although factors such as audience and situations affect identity change, these negotiated identities are still coherent with the organization’s original identity.

Various non-face-to-face services are being activated due to the influence of the Corona 19 virus around the world. However, unlike the rapid development of delivery services, social awareness of delivery services is causing many problems. Therefore, in this study, we analyze the quality attributes of delivery services from the consumer's point of view, and based on the results, we try to derive a direction for service improvement. In this study, quality factors were established through interviews and surveys with actual consumers, and quality attributes were classified through the Kano model and Timko’s customer satisfaction coefficient. “Attractive” is (‘Ease of ordering, Accurate delivery to the designated place’), “One Dimensional” is (‘Variety of payment methods, Accurate delivery on time, Accurate delivery of ordered food, Degree of non-deformation of packaging conditions, etc., Convenience of use time’), “Must be” is (‘Kindness of the delivery person’), “Reverse” is (‘provision of services, service response to order discrepancies’). This study has academic significance in that it compensated for the disadvantage of not being able to interpret the mathematical meaning of the Kano model with Teamco’s customer satisfaction coefficient. It also has practical implications in that it provides an indirect clue to future improvement directions.

From a conversation-analytic perspective, this paper analyzes the “committal” suffixes ci and cianha used as “pseudo-tags” in Korean conversation, which render the utterance they mark a request for confirmation (RfC) formatted in the form of a polar declarative question. The focus is given to examining differences ci and cianha as constitutive of mutually related but distinct forms of RfC, particularly in terms of the ways in which the confirmable is formulated and intersubjective understanding is solicited and negotiated. It is proposed that the RfC formatted with the pseudo-tag ci indexes the speaker’s orientation towards having the recipient help him/her “raise commitment” to the factually ascertainable character of shared information. Its use organizes recipiency in such a way that the recipient’s confirmation is solicited collusively. The RfC formatted with cianha, by contrast, furnishes the speaker with a discursive resource for engaging the recipient in a negotiatory process, prodding him/her to raise his/her “momentarily latent” commitment. With the confirmable grounded in general/shared knowledge, the use of cianha has the import of organizing a range of “attendant activities”, such as appeasing, whining, rebuking, etc.

본 연구는 자살을 생각하는 학생들의 대학생활 적응, 심리상담 실태, 그리고 자살생각 영향요인을 파악 하고자 한다. 편의표집이나 특정전공자들을 대상으로 할 경우 자살생각 대학생들의 실태를 파악하기 어려 운 제한점이 있다. 따라서 비임상군인 재학생 전수를 대상으로 실시한 실태조사 결과를 분석함으로써 대학 생 자살생각의 심각성을 파악하고자 했다. 본 연구는 서울 소재 A대의 <학생실태 및 요구도 조사>(2021년 5~6월 실시, 재학생의 74.8%인 4,129명 응답)의 데이터를 사용하였다. 본 연구는 응답결과 중에서 기본정 보, 정신건강, 상담, 학교생활에 관한 내용을 중심으로 ‘자살을 생각한 집단’과 ‘자살을 생각하지 않은 집단’ 간의 차이를 비교하여 분석하였다. 자살을 생각한 집단은 혼자 거주하는 비율이 높고, 흡연량이 많고, 스마 트폰 사용 장애를 겪는 나타났다. 그리고 그들은 입학만족도, 전공만족도, 자아존중감 및 교우관계에 대한 만족도가 낮았고, 학업스트레스가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 그들은 교내보다는 교외에서 심리상담을 받 은 비율이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 한편, 자살생각에 영향을 미치는 요인으로는 성별, 학년, 흡연량, 입학만족 도, 학업스트레스, 자아존중감, 심리상담 여부 등인 것으로 확인되었다. 이런 연구결과를 토대로 본 연구는, 심리상담에 대한 접근성을 제고할 수 있는 상담시스템의 구축과 자살위험군에 대한 체계적인 관리시스템의 구축을 제언하였다.

This study explored how task complexity, writing behaviors (i.e., pausing and revision behaviors), and writing performance (i.e., task completion, coherence and cohesion, language use, and expression and tone) influence and relate to each other. Thirty advanced-level Korean EFL undergraduates completed writing tasks differing in complexity. A combination of keystroke logging and stimulated recall interview was employed. It was found that the simple task group showed a greater number of pauses and revisions related to lower-order writing processes, whereas the complex task group showed longer pauses related to higher-order writing processes. While task complexity had no influence on writing performance, writing behaviors revealed significant relationships with text quality. In the simple task group, pause length and revision were negatively related to writing scores, whereas pause frequency revealed mixed results. In the complex task group, consistent negative relations were found between pausing behaviors and text quality, and fewer revisions were related to better scores in expression and tone.

2007년 메타버스 로드맵에서 메타버스 정의가 공식 발표된 바 있으며, 당시 국내외 연구자들에 의해 많은 논문이 발표되면서 학문적 이론적으로 정립하려는 노력을 해왔다. 이와는 달리, 산업계에서는 ‘메타버스’키 워드가 비대면 장기화와 맞물려 과열 양상을 보이고 있다. 정작 언급되는 메타버스 성공사례는 '게임'이거나 '게이미피케이션' 또는 ‘게임융합’ 사례가 다수다. 따라서, '메타버스'영역에도 게이미피케이션 이론과 원리의 적용은 바람직하다. 이에, 필자가 발표했던 DMGL 모델을 확장하여, 메타버스 내 습관형성 위한 다이내믹 모델을 제시하였다. 저자는 플레이어 경험을 향상시키기 위해 메타월드 습관 형성을 위한 4가자 양상의 모 델을 제안했다. P1) 플레이어는 세계관에 따라 전개되는 배경스토리를 따르며, 유발된 호기심으로 탐험할 동 기가 생성되고 게임의 조작법을 익히고 게임의 목표를 향하는 여정이다. P2) 플레이어는 메타월드의 조작법 익히기 단계로 온보딩 한다. P3) 플레이어는 아바타 꾸미기,아이템 획득/거래,커뮤니티 활동 등을 수행하면 서, 점차 목적(표)를 향한다. P4) 플레이어는 목적기능을 바로 수행할 수 있는 방식으로 온보딩한다. 이 모델 은 게임의 원리와 요소의 융합(게이미피케이션)으로, 후속연구에서 보다 심도 있는 연구 모델을 제시할 예 정이다.

디지털로 시작된 세대 간의 지식전복과 이에 따른 격차는 게임이라는 콘텐츠를 통해 그 차이점을 드러낼 것이라는 것을 가정하고 본 연구를 수행하였다. 이를 증명하기 위해 실제 부모의 게임에 관한 인식이 자녀 의 삶에 중요한 변수로 자리를 잡고 있는지 분석해 보는 것이 본 연구를 통해 알아보고자 하는 것이 주요 내용이었다. 분석 결과, 부모의 게임인식은 자녀의 삶에 직접적으로 영향을 미치진 않았다. 하지만 자녀가 판단했을 때 부모의 게임인식 수준은 자녀의 삶의 만족도에 상당한 영향을 미치고 있는 것으로 확인이 되 었다. 이는 부모가 스스로 판단하는 게임인식보다, 디지털 세대인 자녀의 게임 활동과 문화를 어떻게 인식 하고 대하는지에 따라 자녀의 행복에 영향을 미친다는 것이다. 본 연구의 결과는 자녀가 인식하는 부모의 게임인식과 자녀의 게임인식 간의 격차는 청소년 자녀의 행복에 매우 중요한 요인으로 작용을 하며, 이는 청소년 자녀의 게임 활동을 부모세대가 꼭 배우고 습득하는 것만이 자녀 세대를 이해하는 길이 아니라, 자 녀와 함께 소통하면서 현재의 상황을 이해하는 것이 보다 중요한 요인으로 나타났다고 할 수 있다. 시대적 상황에 의하여 한 가정 내에 부득이하게 발생한 문화적 취향의 차이지만, 이를 부모가 인정하고 이해하는 방향으로 소통을 진행한다면 자녀의 삶에 매우 긍정적인 영향을 줄 수 있다는 것을 의미하기도 한다.

PURPOSES : The aim of this study is to evaluate the stripping resistance of a bead coating via the Hamburg wheel tracking test and image analysis. METHODS : First, the stripping resistance of the bead coating was evaluated via the Hamburg wheel tracking test. A pneumatic wheel with a load of 175±2 N was used to simulate repeated skid cycles. Several bead coating mixtures with different numbers of coating layers, i.e., zero, one, two, three, and four layers, i.e., zero, one, two, three, and four layers,were conducted. Finally, an image analysis program was developed to analyze surface images captured from the Hamburg wheel tracking test. RESULTS : The results show that the samples with more coating layers exhibit higher stripping resistance. After 500 stripping cycles, the percentage of bead loss is 4% to 28%. At 80% bead loss, the mixture with one coating layer presents more skid cycles than the control sample without a coating layer. CONCLUSIONS : Incorporating a coating layer can improve the stripping resistance of glass beads under repeated skid cycles. Additionally, an image analysis program is established in this study to determine the percentage of bead loss caused by the stripping test.

PURPOSES : A mechanistic-empirical (ME) predictive design logic that can compute the reflective cracking life of hot-mix asphalt (HMA) overlaid on top of a composite pavement is proposed herein. METHODS : The overlay thickness design and analysis logic of the HMA were formulated based on the ME concept of reflection crack propagation. Climate data, traffic load data, the pavement material properties, and the thickness of each layer of the pavement are the main inputs for the ME-Reflective Cracking Rate (RCR) prediction algorithm. An Microsoft Excel Virtual Basic for Application (VBA) program was created to aid designers in assessing the expected performance of an HMA overlay design. Calibration was done using data from the Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) sections. Sensitivity analysis was conducted to compare the results yielded by the program and data from a report by the Texas Transportation Institute. RESULTS : The predictive model performance effectively generates the dynamic and relaxation modulus curves. The correlation value of the calibration factors, R2, is 0.79. The calibration factors used for the Asphalt Overlay Thickness Design (AOTD) program and the sensitivity analysis, i.e., k1, k2,, and k3,, are set to 5, 5, and 150, respectively. The sensitivity of the AOTD program affords reasonable results. Additionally, the program yields results similar to the trends presented in a report by the Federal Highway Administration. CONCLUSIONS : The proposed ME design logic is successfully translated into an Excel VBA program, AOTD, which can perform routine assessments of laboratory tests for HMA overlays. The program can effectively perform numerous iterations and computations to predict an HMA overlay. The predictive model can generate reasonable dynamic modulus and relaxation modulus curves for the characterization of HMA overlays. Under the same asphalt binder grade and HMA type, doubling the HMA overlay thickness yields three times the expected reflective cracking service life.

Background: The range of motion (ROM) and balance ability of the ankle joint affect the stability of the ankle and prevent injuries or hurts from falling. In the clinical tests conducted recently, the floss band is widely used to enhance the range of joint motion and exercise performance, and there are many studies that have applied it to ankle joint increasing dorsi flexion (DF) angle. Objects: This study compared the effects on the range of ankle motion and static/dynamic balance ability of the ankle through three conditions (before floss band intervention, after floss band intervention, and after active exercise intervention) for adults. Methods: One intervention between floss band and active exercise was applied randomly and another intervention was applied the next day. After each intervention, the ROM of the ankle joints and the static balance was checked by measuring conducting one leg test. And the dynamic balance was checked by conducting a Y-balance test. Results: In the case of DF, the range of joint motion showed a significant increase after floss band intervention compared to before floss band intervention (p < 0.05). Static balance ability showed a significant increase after the intervention of floss band and active exercise compared to before the intervention of floss band (p < 0.05). The dynamic balance ability showed a significant increase after the intervention of the floss band compared to before intervention of the floss band and after active exercise intervention (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Based on these results, it was confirmed that the application of floss band to the ankle joint increases DF and improves the static and dynamic balance ability. Based on this fact, we propose the application of a floss band as an intervention method to improve the ROM of the ankle joint and improve the stability of the ankle in clinical field.

기업의 혁신적이고 적극적인 성향 또는 활동인 기업가 지향성은 최근 국제경영 분야에서 중요하 게 연구되고 있다. 특히, 기업가 지향성은 기업의 학습 및 역량 개발을 촉진하고, 새로운 시장의 기 회를 인지하고 포착하며, 경쟁 기업들과의 차별화를 가능하게 한다는 점에서 성과에 긍정적인 영향 을 미친다는 주장이 있다. 일부 연구에서는 기업가 지향성이 오히려 성과에 유의미한 영향을 미치 지 않는다는 연구결과도 나타났다. 하지만, 기업가 지향성과 성과 간의 관계는 기업의 자원 및 역 량 등 내부적 환경에 따라 상의할 가능성이 크다. 본 연구에서는 기업의 내부적 요인으로서 흡수 역량이 기업가 지향성의 실행에 영향을 미치는 주요 요인으로 작용할 수 있다는 점을 고려해서 흡 수 역량의 두 가지 차원(잠재적 흡수 역량, 실현적 흡수 역량)이 기업가 지향성-수출 성과에 미치 는 영향을 실증적으로 분석하고자 한다. 한국 수출 기업들을 대상으로 기업가 지향성, 흡수 역량, 수출 성과에 대한 설문 조사를 실시하였다. 분석 결과, 기업가 지향성은 수출 성과에 긍정적인 영 향을 미치며, 기업의 실현된 흡수 역량이 높을수록 기업가 지향성의 긍정적인 영향은 강화되는 것 으로 나타났다. 이에, 본 연구는 기업가 지향성-수출 성과 간의 관계에 영향을 미치는 기업의 내부 적 요인을 검증함으로써 학문적 및 실무적 관점에서 의미 있는 시사점을 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기 대된다.

본 연구는 최고경영자의 은퇴시기가 기업의 국제화 정도에 미치는 영향을 탐구한다. 구체적으로 은퇴 시기가 비교적 길게 남은 CEO의 경우 위험 감수 성향이 높기 때문에 해외 사업에 집중 혹은 확장하려는 경향을 보일 것이라는 가설을 제시한다. 반면, 은퇴 시기가 비교적 짧게 남은 CEO는 위험 감수성이 낮지만, 높은 오너십을 소유하고 있을 때 위험이 따르는 해외 시장 진출과 확장을 추구하는 경향을 보일 것이라는 가설을 예측한다. 다양한 산업 군에 있는 미국 기업들을 대상으로 위 가설들을 검증한 결과, 비교적 은퇴 시기가 길게 남은 CEO들이 국제화에 보다 적극적으로 참 여할 것이라는 주장이 지지되었다. 하지만 CEO의 은퇴시기와 더불어 오너십의 긍정적인 영향을 줄 것이라는 조절효과 가설은 지지되지 않았으며 오히려 높은 오너십의 경우 은퇴시기가 가까운 CEO는 국제화에 소극적인 결과를 확인하였다. 이러한 실증 분석 결과는 최고경영자 관점에서 기 업의 국제화 의사 결정 과정을 이해하는데 의미 있는 학문적, 실무적 시사점을 제공한다.