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Astronomy and the Hermitages developed by Scholars in the Middle Era of Choseon -The case of Chang Hyon-gwang(1554-1637)- (조선중기 은거선비의 집터와 별자리의 관계 -장현광(張顯光)(1554-1637)의 "입암기(立巖記)"에 대해서 -)

  • Kim, Dong-Uk
    • Journal of architectural history
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    • v.10 no.2 s.26
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    • pp.7-19
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    • 2001
  • Ip-am valley, located at the eastern remote part of Korean peninsular was the place where a remarkable Confucian scholar Chang Hyon-gwang spent his secluded days. A large upright stone, called Ip-am, and undulating streams nearby were surrounded by mountains, which formed a large enclosed valley. After selecting 28 natural and artificial places, Chang named each of them. Chang compared the relationship between Ip-am and the 28 places with that of the Polestar and 28 Lunar Lodgings, which were known as the ancient Chinese astronomical concept. Also, Chang regarded the valley as a place where the Taoistic Deity could stay. Chang, who had deep knowledge of astronomy, wrote some books on it. It could be said that the comparison of his hermitages with the Polestar and the 28 Lunar Lodgings resulted from his deep passion for astronomy. He considered the Ip-am valley to be the core of the universe like the Polestar is the core of the celestial world. Some stars like the Polestar or the Dipper were regarded as the Deities of Taoism. We can find that Confucian scholars of the middle Choseon, like Chang Hyon-gwang, also tended to have some concern about Taoism.

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A Study of Sensibility Communication through Ambient Art in Ambient Intelligence (생활환경 지능화에서 앰비언트 아트를 통한 감성커뮤니케이션 연구)

  • Lee, Ji-Youn;Lee, Kyung-Won
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.02b
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    • pp.40-47
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    • 2007
  • 본 연구는 생활환경 지능화(Ambient Intelligence 이하 AmI)의 기술적 변화와 Ambient Display와 Ambient Media 등을 바탕으로 Ambient Art의 개념과 특성을 도출하고, 이를 통한 감성 커뮤니케이션 연구의 가능성을 살펴 보았다. 앞으로의 사회는 AmI의 환경으로 변화해 갈 것이다. AmI란 인간 중심의 지능형 컴퓨터, 네트워크, 인터페이스 기술을 기반으로 우리의 주변환경이 지능을 갖게 된 상황을 말한다. 유비쿼터스 컴퓨팅, 무선 네트워크와 같은 AmI의 기술들은 새로운 미디어를 만들고 이러한 미디어는 우리의 인식과 커뮤니케이션 방식을 변화시키고 있다. 기술의 발달은 빠른 반면, 그 기술을 사용하는 사람의 적응속도는 느리기 때문에 사람이 어떻게 새로운 기술에 적응할 것인가는 핵심적 문제다. 감성 커뮤니케이션 연구는 이런 문제들을 해결하는데 큰 도움을 줄 뿐만 아니라, 사람들의 감성 욕구까지 채워줄 수 있다. 그러나 감성은 순간적이며 복합적이고 무의식적으로 발생하고 수시로 변하기 때문에 연구하기가 쉽지 않다[1]. 본 연구에서 정의한 Ambient Art는 일상의 환경에서 자연스럽게 접할 수 있으며 사용자의 직접적인 인지가 없이도 감상할 수 있는 예술로, 기술이 환경에 스며들게 되는 것처럼 예술이 환경에 스며들어 궁극적으로 언제 어디서나 감상이 가능한 전시공간의 유비쿼터스화를 지향한다. 이러한 Ambient Art는 감성커뮤니케이션 연구의 새로운 대안책으로 생각해 볼 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 Ambient Art의 5가지 특성을 상황인지, 분위기, 개인화, 상호작용, 자가성장으로 나누어 살펴 보았다. 또한 Ambient Art의 개념과 특성을 반영한 작품 City Forest를 제안하였다. 이 작품은 사람들의 활동에 의해 달라지는 시각적 감성 전달을 통해 이성보다 앞서 있는 감성을 자극하여 개인과 환경, 환경과 환경끼리의 상호 작용을 촉진시켜 Ambient Art를 통한 감성 커뮤니케이션을 보여주었다는데 의의가 있다.

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Ethanol Extract of Astragalus membranaceus Bunge Induces Aquaporin-3 Expression in HaCaT Cells (HaCaT Cell에서 황기 에탄올 추출물의 Aquaporin-3 발현 효과)

  • Park, Hyun-Chul;Kim, Hee-Taek;Ha, Hun-Young;Lee, Pyeong-Jae;Yoon, Kyung-Sup
    • KSBB Journal
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.394-399
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    • 2013
  • Astragalus membranaceus Bunge is used in herbal medicine in Eastern Asian countries including Korea. In this study, we assessed the effects of A. membranaceus extract (AM) on the aquaporin-3 (AQP3) protein expression in HaCaT cells. AM did not affect viability of HaCaT cells. AQP3 expression and cell migration seem to be maximal at $100{\mu}g/mL$ concentration. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) kinase inhibitor, PD153035, blocked AM-induced AQP3 expression and cell migration. In addition, an 80% ethanol extracts of herbal prescription, SinhyoTakleesan (ST), which is composed of A. membranaceus, Angelicae gigantis, Glycyrrhiza glabra Linne, and Lonicera japonica Flos also induced AQP3 expression at $20{\mu}g/mL$ in HaCaT cells. Collectively, these results suggest that AM induce AQP3 expression via EGFR pathway.

Acoustic Analyses of Vocal Vibrato of Korean Singers

  • Yoo, Jae-Yeon;Jeong, Ok-Ran;Kwon, Do-Ha
    • Speech Sciences
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.37-43
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    • 2005
  • The phenomenon of vocal vibrato may be regarded as an acoustic representation of one of the most rapid and continuous changes in pitch and intensity that the human vocal mechanism is capable of producing. Singers are likely to use vibrato effectively to enrich their voice. The purpose of this study was to obtain acoustic measurements (vF0 and vAm) of 45 subjects (15 trot and 15 ballad singers and 15 non-singers) and to compare acoustic measurements of the vowel /a/ produced by 3 groups on 2 voice sampling conditions (prolongation and singing of /a/). Thirty singers of trot and ballad were selected by a producer and a concert director working for the KBS (Korean Broadcasting System). The MDVP was used to measure the acoustic parameters. A two-way MANOVA was used for statistical analyses. The results were as follows; Firstly, there was no significant difference among the 3 groups in vF0 and vAm in prolongation of /a/, but in singing voice, there was a significant difference among 3 groups in vF0 and vAm. Secondly, there was an interaction between music genre and voice sampling condition in vF0, and vAm. Finally, trot singers sing with more vibrato than ballad singers. It was concluded that it is very important to analyze singers' voice including various voice conditions (prolongation, reading, conversation, and singing) and to identify differences of singing voice characteristics among music genre.

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The Aerodynamic Analysis of Pantograph of the Next Generation High Speed Train (차세대 고속철도 판토그래프의 공력특성 해석)

  • Kang, H.M.;Kim, C.W.;Cho, T.H.;Yoon, S.H.;Kwon, H.B.;Park, C.S.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.362-367
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    • 2011
  • The aerodynamic performance of the pantograph of the next generation high sped train is analyzed. The calculation of the flow around pantograph is carried cut by FLUENT; by the steady state flow calculation with ${\kappa}-{\omega}$ SST turbulence model, the lift force of the pantograph is computed. For the verification of the numerical schemes am grid systems, flow calculations are performed with the pantograph shape which was used at the experiments performed at Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) in Japan. Then, the difference of lift force between numerical am experimental results is about 10%. Therefore, selected numerical schemes and the current grid system is adequate for the analysis am prediction of the aerodynamic performance of panthograph system. Based on these numerical schemes am grid system, the flow around pantograph of the next generation high sped train is calculated and the lift force of the pantograph is predicted; the lift force of the pantograph is about 146N.

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Transfer of Plasmid pAM $\beta_1$ of Streptococcus faecalis DS 5 to Lactobacillus casei YIT 9018 (Streptococcus faecalis DS 5 Plasmid pAM $\beta_1$의 Lactobacillus casei YIT 9018로의 전이)

  • 허정원;김정호;정기철;이용규;김창렬
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.317-321
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    • 1990
  • The broad-host plasmid PAM $\beta_1$ of Streptococcus faecalis DS 5 which codes for erythromycin resistance and lactose utilization was transferred into L. casei M-3 (lac-mutant) by conjugation, but was not transferred by protoplast fusion and protoplast transformation. For conjugal transfer of plasmid PAM $\beta_1$ the method of membrane filter mating was more efficient than that of agar surface mating. The rate of acid production of transconjugant C-1, C-3 was similar to L. casei YIT 9018. The proteolytic activity of transconjugant C-3 was increased 20% higher than that of wild type. Plasmid PAM $\beta_1$ was detected by a11 of the transconjugants. The transconjugants expressed lactose ulitization and erythromycin resistance.

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The Effect of Zr Addition on AM50 Mg Alloys Foam Metals (AM50 Mg합금 발포금속의 제조와 지르코늄 첨가 영향)

  • Kim, Byeong-Gu;Tak, Byeong-Su;Hur, Bo-Young
    • Journal of Korea Foundry Society
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.217-223
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    • 2010
  • Foamed metal has become an attractive material, which has unique physical, thermal, acoustic, damping and mechanical properties, because large amount of pores are distributed in the metal matrix. Therefore, metal foam can be used for the light weight application in automotive, locomotive, aerospace fields. Aluminum foams have been developed successfully and will be employed in the next generation of energy absorption boxes. Magnesium alloys are most eligible candidate to substitute aluminum alloy, especially for lower density and higher damping properties in wide industrial fields. Magnesium alloy foams are expected to be particularly advantageous due to two thirds the density of aluminum. However, foaming magnesium have been weakness of high activity, difficult processing and very dangerous. In order to upgrade this problem, AM50 magnesium alloy which has better characteristic is safe to use through foaming time and alloying element in this study.

Flexible Microelectronics; High-Resolution Active-Matrix Electrophoretic Displays

  • Miyazaki, Atsushi;Kawai, Hideyuki;Miyasaka, Mitsutoshi;Nebashi, Satoshi;Shimoda, Tatsuya;McCreary, Michael
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.575-579
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    • 2005
  • A beautiful, flexible active-matrix electrophoretic display (AM-EPD) device is reported. The flexible AM-EPD device has a $40.0{\times}30.0\;mm^2$ display area, measures about 0.27 mm in thickness, weighs about 0.45 g and possesses only 20 external connections. The flexible AM-EPD device displays clear black-and-white images with 5 gray-scales on $160{\times}120$ pixels. The display is free from residual image problems, because we use an area-gray-scale method on $320{\times}240$ EPD elements, each of which is driven with binary signals. Each pixel consists of 4 EPD elements. In addition, since the response time of the electrophoretic material is as long as approximately 400 ms and since the display possesses a large number of EPD elements, we have developed a special driving method suitable for changing EPD images comfortably. A complete image is formed on the AM-EPD device, consisting of a reset frame and several, typically 6, image frames.

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Development and Mechanical Performance Evaluation of Lumbar Porous Interbody Fusion Cage (요추부 다공성 추간체유합보형재의 개발 및 기계적 성능 평가)

  • Ahn, Yoon-Ho;Yoo, Kyeong-Joo;Park, Kwang-Min;Cha, Eun-Jong;Kim, Kyung-Ah;Ahn, Kyoung-Gee
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.14-21
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    • 2020
  • Recently, porous additive manufactured(AM) cages have been introduced to provide more desirable stiffness and may be beneficial to bone ingrowth. They are designed to attempt to reduce the subsidence problem of traditional titanium cage and to get osseointegrative property that PEEK doesn't have. This study was performed to evaluate the mechanical performance of newly developed lumbar porous AM cages. Three types of mechanical tests were performed in accordance with the ASTM standards: Static compression, compression-shear, and subsidence tests. The porous AM cages with 60% porosity showed similar device stiffness and strength as the various products submitted to FDA 510(k), and their wider contact area improved the subsidence test results by about 50%. In conclusion, the porous AM cages developed in this study were considered mechanically safe and could be an alternative to solid PEEK cages.

A Study on the Amplification Block for Integrated Antenna Module Applicable to Vehicles (차량용 통합 안테나 모듈용 증폭단에 관한 연구)

  • Go, Min-Ho;Pyo, Seung-Chul;Park, Hyo-Dal
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.87-92
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    • 2009
  • In this paper, we designed and fabricated the active amplification block for the integrated antenna module. The fabricated amplification module have a proper gain and low noise figure in the band of AM/FM band, T-DMB band and GPS band, and show good isolation performance for each band. Manufactured circuits satisfied the gain performance 7 dB in AM band, 11 dB in FM band, 10 dB in T-DMB, and 17 dB in GPS band. The integrated amplification block was realized by 35 mm*35 mm size, and was shown as the same sensitivity performance as compared with a conventional reference antennas.

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