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Purpose: This study examined the factors influencing the choice of dental clinics by individuals who received orthodontic treatment for malocclusion. Methods: Participants were 320 male and female college students in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk- do who had received orthodontic treatment in dental clinics for malocclusion. They were surveyed about their choices of dental clinics. Of the 320 questionnaires, 294 (91.9%) were used for analysis, and surveys with insufficient responses or errors were excluded. Results: The factors influencing the choice of dental clinics varied among the participants. Furthermore, factors that most commonly affected their choices were, in order, trust in dentists’ skills and medicine used, information from community sources, friendliness of the dentist, friendliness of clinic staff, cleanliness of the hospital, availability of up-to-date medical facilities and equipment, convenience of location, and recommendations by acquaintances. Conclusion: Factors underlying the choice of dental clinics varied among the participants. Typically, these choices were strongly influenced by factors such as reputation, professionalism, and friendliness.

Shin, Seung-Hoon. 2016. A Study on Proficiency, Intelligibility, Accentedness and Acoustic Features of English Speech by Koreans in Gyeongbuk Area. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 41-1, 39-65. This study investigates acoustic properties of English speech made by Korean Learners of English based on Interlanguage Speech Intelligibility Benefit(ISIB) and preference judgments by Koreans, and intelligibility and accentedness evaluations by native speakers of English. The results showed that some English articulations favored by Koreans were not proper in terms of English intelligibility. ISIB among Koreans did apply when it comes to word-final consonant deletion and vowel insertion for illicit syllable structures. It also revealed the facts that weird aspiration of voiceless stops, monothongization of diphthongs and wrong sentence stress patterns did not aggravate the degrees of native speakers’ intelligibility while improper word stress, wrong consonant pronunciations and vowel insertion prohibited native speakers from understanding the English sentences in a proper manner. Also, intelligibility by native speakers of English was not significantly different from accentedness in this experiment. (Yeungnam University)

이 연구는 경상북도에 거주하는 만 20세~ 39세에 속하는 미혼 여성들을 대상으로 비혼의향실태 및 비혼의향에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 규명하기 위하여 실시되었다. 자료수집은 2017년 5월 1일부터 7월 31일까지 3개월에 걸쳐 다단계집락표집에 의하여 표집된 300명에 대하여 면담원에 의한 직접조사로 이루어졌다. 자료수집후 최종적으로 277개 사례가 통계분석에 사용되었으며 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 응답자의 17.9%가 비혼의향이 있다고 응답하였으며 응답자의 33.0%만이 결혼에 대하여 긍정적인 것으로 밝혀졌다. 이항로지스틱회귀분석에 의하면 연령, 교육수준, 가구형태, 월평균소득, 취업유무 등은 미혼여성의 비혼의향에 통계적으로 유의미한 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 반면, 결혼필요성과 자녀에 대한 가치관 등은 비혼 의향에 통계적으로 유의미한 부적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같은 연구결과로 미루어 보아 결혼율 상승을 통하여 출산율을 높이기 위해서는 미혼 여성들이 결혼에 대하여 우호적인 태도로 전환할 수 있는 사회·문화적 환경을 만들어 가는 필요하다고 하겠다.

The purposes of this study are to describe single women's willingness against marriage and explore factors influencing willingness against marriage. Originally 300 subjects were chosen by multi-stage cluster sampling among single women aged from 20 and 39 residing in Gyungbuk area and face-to face interviews were conducted from May 1st to July 31st in 2017. 277 subjects were collected and used for the final statistical analysis. The findings of this study are as follows: 17.9% of the respondents are unwilling to marry in the future and only 33.0% of them are positive for the marriage. According to the logistic regression analysis, demographic and socio-economic variables, such as age, educational attainment, type of household, average monthly income, and employment do have statistically significant impacts on the single women's willingness against marriage. On the other hand, necessity of marriage and the positive value for the children show statistically significant influence single women's willingness against marriage. Therefore, for the increase of marriage rate, it is necessary to introduce and set up socio-cultural environment so that the single women may change their attitude toward marriage. Finally policy implications are introduced and discussed for the increase of marital rate and fertility.

There are 248 old castle remains in Daegu city and Gyungsangbuk-do province of Korea. 73 remains among them are believed to have been made by Silla in the three kingdom period. And many other fortresses whose definite construction time we do not know may have been built at that period. Gyungju, Daegu and Sangju have more fortresses than other cities. Gyungju was the capital city of Silla, so many castles such as Wolsung, Myunghwalsung and Namsantosung were made around it from the early times. Daegu was a strategic point where the Naktong and the Gumho river meet. And Sangju was another strategic point in the western basin of the Naktong river. However there are few fortress remains in the mountainous area such as Youngyang and Chungsong. These areas are far from the frontier district of Silla and remote regions which are not easy for the enemy to approach. So far many fortress remains built at the three kingdom period have been explored and investigated. But a lot of remains needs to be surveyed more thoroughly. If necessary, some of them should be excavated to confirm their construction time.

본 연구는 사과주산지 경북농협 APC와 안동도매시장의 출하량과 출하액의 상호연관성을 밝히고 향후, 두 유통 채널의 효율적인 연계 방안을 모색해보고자 하였다. 2011년부터 2016년까지 사과출하량과 출하액에 대한 안동지역도매시장과 경북지역 APC의 시계열자료의 연관성 검증을 위해 단위근검정과 패널분석 및 백터오차수정모형과 충격반응함수를 이용하였다. 분석결과 사과의 산지도매시장의 출하량 및 출하액에 대해 APC의 출하량 및 출하액은 통계적으로 유의한 영향을 미치지 못하는 것으로 나타났으며, 인과성 또한 없는 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로 두 유통 채널은 경합관계가 아니라고 볼 수 있다. 이에 분석결과를 바탕으로 한 두 유통채널 간 효율적 연계방안을 정리하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 안동도매시장과 APC는 서로 경쟁관계가 아니므로 연계에 의한 규모화로 시장교섭력을 제고하여야 한다. 둘째, 주산지 시장의 수직적･수평적 통합으로 경쟁력을 강화한다. 결국 두 유통채널의 양적 질적 시너지를 통해 사과 산업에 대한 경쟁력을 강화하는 것은 기본적인 목표인데, 이를 위해 주산지 시장의 수직적･수평적 통합에 의한 규모화는 생산자는 물론 소비자에게도 생산물의 안정적인 공급과 가격의 안전성 및 신선도 유지에 있어서도 긍정적인 작용을 할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

This paper analyses the interrelationship between amount and trading volumes for Andong wholesale market and APC in Gyungbuk province area using panel analysis and impulse response analysis based on vector autoregression for apple. Yearly and regional data of apple Andong wholesale market and APC in this study. The sample period in this paper ranges from 2011 to 2016. The two marketing channel amount and trading volumes have a weak cointegration relationship. It seems that the Andong wholesale market has a no significant effect on the APC in Gyungbuk province. In short, these results of this paper suggest that are as follows : Firstly, to strengthen the market by increasing the size of the market due to linkage by two marketing channel. Secondly, improving competitiveness by integrating the local market vertically and horizontally.