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General knowledge

Staying Healthy with Seasonal Fruits Throughout the Year

Seasonal fruits are rich in the nutrients unique to each season. This article introduces the fruits recommended for spring, summer, autumn, and winter, along with their characteris

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Economics

Too Invested to Quit: The Sunk Cost Fallacy

Why do we sit through a dull movie just because we paid for the ticket? This guide explains sunk costs, the bygones principle, why people fall into the sunk cost fallacy, classic e

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Information technology

Cloud Computing: Understanding Its Concepts and Principles

Cloud computing is a concept that has become an essential technology in the modern IT industry. It allows businesses and individuals to easily access various computing resources ov

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Film & media

The Empty Object Everyone Chases: The MacGuffin

Why does a film stay gripping even when we never learn what is in the briefcase everyone is chasing? This article explains the MacGuffin, a story device that is vital to the charac

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Design

Typography Design Elements and Considerations

This time, I would like to write about typography design, which requires consideration of how to make lettering beautiful while also conveying its content effectively. We will look

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Tourism studies

A Journey into the Places on Screen: Film-Induced Tourism

Film-induced tourism is travel to the filming locations of movies and dramas, or to studios and theme parks based on screen works. This article covers why it happens, famous exampl

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Library & information science

KORMARC (Korean Machine-Readable Cataloging) Tag Reference

This time, I would like to write about MARC, which is used in libraries. MARC and cataloging cover such an extensive range of material that I plan to divide the discussion into sev

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Business administration

Understanding and Choosing Different Business Forms

In today's business environment, choosing an appropriate business form is important for running a successful business. The business form determines the legal structure of a busines

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Information technology

The Bug That Vanishes When You Look: The Heisenbug

A Heisenbug is a software bug that disappears or changes its behavior when you try to investigate it. This article covers where the name came from, why such bugs hide, related bug

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Design

Texture Design That Maximizes Realism

Texture has become an essential element in contemporary visual design and user experience (UX). Beyond being a visual element, texture brings physical qualities that we can actuall