Family-Friendly Workplace Programs and the Consequences for Women Workers in Korea.

Ph.D. Thesis. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 2018

2010 International Design Exchange Project, Living bridges

Living bridges: We are very fortunate at London Metropolitan University to own well equipped workshops, wood mills and digital machinery. The legacy of a once popular and thriving furniture and textile industry, based in the East End of London, have left us with this ability to ‘make’. Currently the practice of design is going through rigorous development with the onset of 3 Dimensional drawing packages. Students now can seize the opportunity to create large, complicated and futuristic schemes, light and materials can be added producing both inspiring and convincing visuals. Collaboration: It has been both insightful and a pleasure to have had this opportunity to work with KYUNG WON and DONGYANG MIRAE Universities in many ways. Two aspects in particular are worthy of mentioning, firstly when talking to my Korean counterparts, it is comforting to know that our issues concerning student progress or workshop development are very similar. Designers are rarely constant in their levels of productive output and work through crests and troughs, the enthusiastic activity is followed by moments of incubation that seemingly are unproductive which are then followed by a sprint to the deadline. It’s evident that the design process transcends the notion of culture. Secondly the students that have contributed to the work in this book are half way through their courses. However, projects such as Living Bridges require the student to develop their ideas through sketch modelling, through trial and error. A hand-made model can be viewed from a 360° perspective, its proportions; its aesthetics can be assessed instantly. There is an immediacy of judgement, it allows others to discuss and evaluate its function and presence, generating ideas of further development, improving the concept within its context. There is pressure on the design industry to prioritize 3D CAD competencies before sketch modelling skills, valuing the production of drawings as a tangible asset. It is evident that as the students work through the brief, they only understand the context and the structure properly through hand-made models, those that leap into the visualized model tend to miss the significance of scale and therefore its connection to the site and its users. Their range belongs to a computer screen and within that, the scale is infinite, the views are shortened, abrupt and framed. If it is your intention to design a structure that not only fulfils a function but more importantly articulates with the horizons, the local vernacular and the quality of light or indeed shadows it needs to be tested and appreciated through a model version. Our sense of proportion translates into messages of beauty and experience and gives us reassurance of its success and acceptance. Students value the small group tutorials and one-to-one sessions that allow individuals to discuss,debate, draw and model, design intentions. This positive process needs to be given space and time, therefore students are encouraged to reflect on their process and practice, verbally, in their sketchbooks and within an online learning environment such as e-learning environments. This narrative serves to reinforce the students learning and to provide actions for future outcomes. The collaboration with Kyungwon university and DongYang Mirae University in Seoul, Korea, has given the students the opportunity to demonstrate and push the boundaries of their process and I am extremely proud of their endeavours

Triflumizole

In the title compound {systematic name: 4-chloro-N-[1-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-2-propoxyethyl­idene]-2-(trifluoro­meth­yl)aniline}, C15H15ClF3N3O, the dihedral angle between the aniline and imidazole ring planes is 81.80 (4)°. In the crystal structure, weak inter­molecular C—H⋯X (X = N, O or F) hydrogen bonds and C—H⋯π inter­actions help to consolidate the packing

Automatic classification using concept knowledge of web documents

In order to classify web documents, we suggest a method using concept knowledge of category.In our study, the concept relations between keywords are extracted using hyperlink information and after the extracted keywords are classified into each category, these are used as an index.Then TFIDF for each category is extended to determine index weight value.The system is constructed for experimenting and estimating,which is consist of web robot, indexer, concept knowledge database for each category and the document classifier.Our system to be applied the extended TFIDF method shows an accuracy of 88% in automatic classifying of web documents

Diclomezine: 6-(3,5-dichloro-4-methyl­phen­yl)pyridazin-3(2H)-one

In the title compound, C11H8Cl2N2O, the benzene and pyridazine rings are tilted by 8.6 (1)° relative to each other. In the crystal, pairs of inter­molecular N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds form centrosymmetric dimers. π–π contacts with centroid–centroid distances of 3.698 (2) and 3.751 (1) Å and halogen–halogen inter­actions [3.379 (1) Å] also stabilize the structure

N-(Pyridin-2-ylmeth­yl)pyridin-2-amine

The title compound, C11H11N3, crystallizes with two mol­ecules (A and B) in the asymmetric unit. The geometries of both mol­ecules are very similar, with the exception of the torsion angles of the inter-ring chains; the values for C—N—C—C are 67.4 (5) and −69.3 (5)° for mol­ecules A and B, respectively. The dihedral angles between the pyridyl ring planes are 84.0 (2) and 83.2 (2)° for mol­ecules A and B, respectively. In the crystal, weak inter­molecular N—H⋯N hydrogen bonds and C—H⋯π inter­actions contribute to the stabilization of the packing

Experimental Investigation for Tensile Performance of GFRP-Steel Hybridized Rebar

Tensile performance of the recently developed “FRP Hybrid Bar” at Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) is experimentally evaluated by the authors. FRP Hybrid Bar is introduced to overcome the low elastic modulus of the existing GFRP bars to be used as a structural member in reinforced concrete structures. The concept of material hybridization is applied to increase elastic modulus of GFRP bars by using steel. This hybridized GFRP bar can be used in concrete structures as a flexural reinforcement with a sufficient level of elastic modulus. In order to verify the effect of material hybridization on tensile properties, tensile tests are conducted. The test results for both FRP Hybrid Bar and the existing GFRP bars are compared. The results indicate that the elastic modulus of FRP Hybrid Bar can be enhanced by up to approximately 250 percent by the material hybridization with a sufficient tensile strength. To ensure the long-term durability of FRP Hybrid Bar to corrosion resistance, the individual and combined effects of environmental conditions on FRP Hybrid Bar itself as well as on the interface between rebar and concrete are currently under investigation

3,3′-Dimethyl-1,1′-[2,2′-bipyridine-5,5′-diylbis(methyl­ene)]diimidazol-3-ium bis­(hexa­fluoro­phosphate)

The title compound, C20H22N6 2+·2PF6 −, was prepared by the reaction of 5,5′-bis­(bromo­meth­yl)-2,2′-bipyridine with 1-methyl­imidazole. The main mol­ecule lies on an inversion center located at the mid-point of the C—C bond joining the two pyridine rings. The asymmetric unit therefore contains one half-mol­ecule and one hexa­fluoro­phosphate anion. The dihedral angle between the pyridine and imidazole rings is 76.93 (7)°. In the crystal, weak inter­molecular C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds contribute to the stabilization of the packing