National Culture and Education Level as Determinants of Entrepreneurship

Guzman Sanchez, Francisco Jose 한양대학교 대학원 2013 국내석사

Determinants of FDI in Latin America and the role of the Pacific alliance agreement

Guzman, Daniella Korea University 2020 국내석사

Various research and studies of regional trade agreements implemented in the past have discovered a nexus with the attraction of FDI into the member countries. Using a panel data of 20 Latin American countries from 1996 to 2018, this study aims to empirically examine and identify the main determinants of FDI to Latin America, considering the implementation of the Pacific Alliance Regional Trade Agreement signed by Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile since 2016. Employing a Fixed Effects estimation method, the results suggest a positive yet insignificant relationship between the Pacific Alliance and FDI inflows, however, other important variables such as human capital and governance quality indicators prove to play an important role in the Latin American arena. The results are suggested to be revisited in the near future, in order to check the effects of the FDI provisions of the Pacific Alliance that are yet too soon to testify.

The Effect of Real time, Social Presence and Personalization on user's loyalty throughout different Websites categories

FLORES GUZMAN, Guisela Denisse Ajou University 2010 국내석사

Abstract The use of Social Presence, Personalization and Real.-time as applications for Websites in e-business has been a strong topic for research, especially the two firsts. This mainly caused by the wave of social networking sites and the inclusion of user’s contribution and interaction with the Websites (Web 2.0). The focus of this study is to reveal the basis of three selected Websites categories, Retail, Portal and Financial services, the preference of consumer applying Social Presence, Personalization and Real Time and the relationship with loyalty for the Website. Having this results, conclusions can be drawn to provide an objective and empirical evidence for e-business areas. Keywords: Social Presence, Personalization, Real-time, Loyalty

L2 pragmatic knowledge development and transfer issues : the case of tagalog learners' making requests in English

De Guzman, Lita M Graduate School, Korea Universtiy 2020 국내박사

It has been a virtually indisputable conjecture that making requests for second language (L2) learners is costly, as they need to conform to their language use to the L2 context. This issue becomes further knotty when the L2 learners’ pragmatic knowledge development and transfer are assessed. First, there is no agreement as to which development that learners move from low level to a higher level of pragmatic competence; and whether L2 proficiency distinguishes learners at different levels in L2 pragmatic competence. Second, there exists no consensus and the argument continues as to which proficiency level exhibits negative or positive pragmatic transfer. With these issues in mind, the present study investigates Tagalog learners of L2 English’ (TLE) developmental pattern in L2 request use and transfer of first language (L1) pragmatic knowledge to L2 English in order to address the L2 pragmatic knowledge development and transfer issues. There were five groups of participants in the present study: 30 adult native speakers of Tagalog (TNS) and 28 native speakers of English (ENS) for control groups, 53 low intermediate learners (LI), 38 high intermediate learners (HI) and 40 advanced learners (AD) for TLE groups. The data were collected through written discourse completion task (DCT) and open role-play task (RP) from three different English proficiency levels in twelve situations, and then compared against native speakers of English and native speakers of Tagalog. The situations varied in terms of power, familiarity and request imposition. The results from the TLE groups revealed that their level of directness, strategies, and use of internal and external modifiers in requests significantly differed from the ENS and the TNS. The control groups showed higher preference for preparatory strategy of conventionally indirect level than the TLE groups. On the other hand, the TLE groups employed mood derivable strategy of direct level more than the controls. In terms of internal modifiers, the TLE overall modified their requests internally less frequently than the ENS and TNS. The TLE groups frequently relied on marker please for lexical modifiers and interrogative for syntactic modifiers that are prototypical forms of request in their L1 while English control was embellished with a wide range of internal modifiers in their requests. As for the external modifiers, all groups were inclined to supplement their requests with preparator, small talk and grounder. However, the three TLE groups had the tendency to use excessive preparators and redundant grounding on their requests. Moreover, although there was a shift from formulaic stage to unpacking stage and/or expansion stage in the TLE’s developmental patterns in L2 requests, statistical analyses revealed that the TLE’s overall proficiency cannot reliably predict interlanguage pragmatic development, which implies that there is a mismatch between a learner’s linguistic competence and pragmatic competence. With respect to the pragmatic transfer, the TLE become more proficient at L2 as they demonstrate more positive transfer and less negative transfer. Positive transfer of pragmatic features was found most likely to take place when the TLE make use of external modifiers while negative transfer was detected in the TLE’s use of internal modifiers. Finally, the TLE were found to differ from English native speakers with respect to perception of situational variations, which may contribute to their tendency to negatively transfer L1 strategies to making non-native like requests. It was also found that all TLE groups and control groups were equally sensitive to contextual factors that they vary their strategies and external modifications as the situations varied. Along with some major contributions to existing second language pragmatic literature, this study also points out several important implications such as the need for exposure to the correct forms of speech as well as the appropriate usage within L2 context to achieve pragmalinguistic and socio-pragmatic appropriateness.

Molecular Characteristics of Two Myoglobins of Paragonimus westermani : 두가지 형태의 폐흡충 Myoglobin의 분자유전학적 특성 연구

de Guzman, Jefferson V The Graduate School Kyungpook National University 2004 국내석사

폐흡충은 전형적인 digenic trematode로 민물가재나 민물게를 생식 혹은 덜 익혀 섭취했을 경우 인체에 들어와 폐에 기생하면서 여러가지 병변을 일으키고, 때로는 이소기생으로 심각한 결과를 초래할 수 있다. 폐흡충의 감염상태에서 발현되는 여러가지 유전자를 조사하기 위해 만든 EST data에서 두 가지 형태의 myoglobin이 있는 것을 관찰하였다. 폐흡충의 myoglobin 유전자인 Pwmyo1과 Pwmyo2는 모두 8개의 helices 구조와 globin domain을 가지고 있으며, 이미 보고된 다른 흡충류의 myoglobin과 매우 유사하였다. 이들 유전자를 기초로 하여 아미노산 서열을 분석한 결과, 흡충류의 myglobin에서는 가장 특징적으로 helix position B10과 E7이 tyrosyl residue를 가지고 있는 것으로 확인 되었다. 이러한 변이는 아마도 혐기성 환경에 적응하기 위해 적은 산소를 효과적으로 취하기 위함으로 생각된다. 이들 유전자를 이용하여 재조합단백질 Pwmyo1과 Pwmyo2를 만들었으며, 이 두 개의 재조합 단백질 모두는 폐흡충을 감염시킨 개로부터 얻은 항폐흡충 혈청으로 western blot analysis를 시행한 결과 이들 재조합 단백질들은 항원성이 없는 것으로 확인 되었다. 또한 이들 재조합 단백질의 충체 내 분포를 확인하기 위해 Immunohistochemistry법을 이용하여 실험한 결과, myoglobin은 생식기관을 제외한 전장기에 분포하는 것을 알 수 있었으며, Pwmyo1은 egg cell mass에는 확인되지 않았지만, Pwmyo2의 경우 egg cell mass에 분포하는 것이 확인되었다. 이러한 결과로 보아 두 형태의 myoglobin은 폐흡충의 여러가지 발육단계에서 발현되는 시점이 다른 것으로 생각된다.

Class orientation of strong state : a comparative analysis between Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines and Park Chung Hee in South Korea

Perez, Joedie de Guzman Graduate School, Yonsei University 2016 국내석사

The rapid economic development of South Korea and the differing economic path of the Philippines from the post Cold War era imply that the capacity/autonomy and embeddedness of the state play a vital factor in its economic direction. This paper, using secondary data, attempts to qualitatively articulate that class orientation of strong state makes the state capable/autonomous and at the same time embedded into the society. Using historical comparative analysis methodology, this study briefly reviews the preconditions of Ferdinand Marcos and Park Chung Hee governments in the Philippines and South Korea to predetermine the nature of the state and its class orientation. Then, this paper argues that class orientation, infused with disciplinary ethos, affects the formation of the class orientation of strong state. This paper concludes that the Philippines during Ferdinand Marcos regime was characterized as an elite-class oriented strong state, and South Korea during Park Chung Hee regime was rural-middle class embedded strong state. 냉전 이후 한국의 급속한 경제 성장과 필리핀의 상이한 경제 성장경로는 국가의 역량/자율성과 배태성이 경제발전에 중요한 역할을한다고 암시한다. 본 논문은 2차 자료를 토대로 질적인 역사적 비교분석 방법을 사용하여 국가의 계급 지향성이 국가의 역량과 자율성은물론 국가와 사회 간의 배태성에도 영향을 미친다고 주장한다. 필리핀의 페르디난드 마르코스와 한국의 박정희 대통령의 경우를비교 분석한 결과 ‘규율적 윤리’ (disciplinary ethos) 가 매개한 한국국가의 역량과 자율성은 사회와 배태되면서 중간계급 지향적인 경제발전의 경로를 만들어 내었고, 그렇지 않은 필리핀의 강한 국가의 역량과 자율성은 상층계급 지향적인 경제발전의 경로를 만들어 냈다는 사실을 확인할 수 있었다.

A Qualitative Study on Smart Cities from Seoul Citizens’ Perspective using Focus Groups

Maria Florencia Guzman 국민대학교 일반대학원 2022 국내석사

This thesis describes Seoul citizens’ perspectives about smart cities and explains how these perspectives can be understood in a wider historical context of the South Korean developmental state's success story. Government and corporate vision dominate the conversation about smart cities, which in the past has been criticized by academics without alternative propositions. Thus, this study proposed a focus group method as a suitable strategy to produce such important insights. On the other hand, Asian countries were considered to have a better attitude towards smart cities than the rest of the world, particularly European countries. This was especially true between South Koreans in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet, the result of the focus groups showed two main limits to the optimistic visions. First, the fears are represented in the “Chinese” type of surveillance dystopia. Second, the low level of awareness about e-governance services and infrastructure. 본 연구는 서울 시민들이 스마트도시에 대한 인식을 분석하며 역사 맥락에서 대한민국의 빠른 발전의 관점에서 설명하도록 한다. 과거에 학계로부터 비판을 받아온 스마트도시 관점은 정부와 기업 비전이 주도하고 있다. 그러한 점에 있어서 본 연구에서는 포커스 그룹 전략을 통하여 진행하였다. 한편, 아시아 국가들은 다른 지역보다 , 특히 유럽 국가들보다, 스마트도시에 대해 더욱 긍정적인 태도를 가지고 있는 것을 볼 수 있다. 이는 특히 코로나19의 맥락에서 한국사람들 사이에서 더욱 그러했다. 그러나 포커스 그룹을 통하여 얻은 결과는 주요 두 가지 한계가 있다. 하나는 ‘중국식’ 감시 디스토피아에 대한 두려움이며 또 하나는 전자 거버넌스 서비스 및 인프라에 대한 낮은 인식수준이다.

Development of A Web-based Library System

Antonio F. de Guzman Graduate School of Hannam University 2005 국내석사

Television, ethnicity, and adolescent values : socialization of filipino and other ethnic youths in the United States

Mendoza, Maria Teresita de Guzman University Microfilms International 1989 해외석사

Exploring and evaluating the conditional cash transfer program on child labor : a case study in Pereira city

Tamayo, Jeny Maritza Guzman 서울대학교 행정대학원 2015 국내석사

Some developing countries have implemented conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs as a measure for improving human capital, poverty reduction and income inequality. Since 1999, Colombia has implemented a CCT program called “Familias en Accion” (FA) as one of the most important policies targeting low-income households that have children under 18 years old. Some of its goals are to ensure school attendance of children and health, making the recipients household take their children to school, and also to medical check-ups or control appointments of planned growth and development as conditions of the program. The purpose of this research is to explore and evaluate the impact of CCT program on child labor in beneficiary households who have more than 3 children under 18 years old. If a household has more than three children under this age, the program allows parents to select any three of them to receive the school subsidy. Thus, those children left by the program may experience a different situation since parents do not have the responsibility of following these conditions to receive the aid, being very feasible that these children get involved in child labor to contribute to household income. This research is based on qualitative methods implementing interviews to low-income households and children engaged in child labor in Pereira city and interviews to public servants experts in the sector. The main goal of this research is to explore the result of the subsidy and program in terms of how effectively human capital is being formed within the household, and whether or not the program ensures parents awareness on preventing and discouraging child labor. It is important to know if the program really influences the formation human capital through inculcating family values and sense of responsibility upon enrollment and school attendance. Familias en Accion has been a good approach to alleviate poverty and extreme poverty in Colombia. According to the literature review and the analyzes of the interviews done under this research to heads of households, children and experts, one can conclude that the Colombian government strategy of the CCT programs as anti-poverty policy, seeks improvements on education and nutrition of children of low-income households. Although child labor is not the main purpose for which the program was created, impacts on combating child labor have seen as positive externalities, most in rural areas than urban areas. To end, as policy directions to suggest, in principle loading multiple challenges in FA program may put in risk the feasibility of achieving the objectives for which it was designed. But, carefully studied and implemented, a new phase of FA considering strong parent´s commitments on combating children engaged in any kind of work and including psychosocial support oriented to promote changes in parent´s attitudes, are some of urgent steps to break this connection of child labor and poverty trap. As the Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean ?ECLAC- has said, increasing children school attendance do not always involve a reduction in the incidence and intensity of all types of child labor. Therefore the national government should open its eyes and connects probably the biggest tool on march right now ? Familias en Accion- to reduce substantially and decisively the child labor in Colombia.