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This study presents a tool for measuring an individual IT capability to efficiently execute the given tasks on an enterprise IT environment. We developed the measurement items for an individual IT capability based on the previous literature. This research proposed a 13-item scale that can totally measure individual IT capability through a validity and reliability test. The developed tool has four measurement factor and thirteen items. The actual utilization of the tool is confirmed by applying it to a case study.

Due to environmental issues, the development of low energy consumption products has become one of the main topics in the home appliance industry. The energy consumption of a refrigerator depends on the efficiency of its compressor as well as on the refrigerator cycle design, such as the capacity modulation. This study features the design of a novel capacity modulation reciprocating compressor, i.e., two-step capacity modulation (TCM). In a TCM compressor, capacity modulation is achieved by changing the dead volume in the cylinder. Instead of a concentric sleeve, an eccentric sleeve is used to change the dead volume for the clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of a motor. For stable capacity modulation, a new latching system with a key, a spring, and an eccentric sleeve is introduced, and the mode change reliability is verified by dynamic analysis.

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