• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.73-89
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• 2022

After COVID-19, the percentage of digital consumption has soared. Meanwhile, as the online platform market grows in size and digital commerce is activated, controversy over the "dark pattern" that induces consumers to do unintended things online continues. Dark patterns are deceptive design patterns that cause consumer rights and financial damage and can result in damaging fair market competition. As a result, the need to regulate dark patterns is raised not only by overseas regulators but also in Korea, and there are growing calls for strengthening consumer protection against dark patterns, with amendments to related laws being proposed by the National Assembly. On the other hand, there is no agreed definition of dark pattern from a normative point of view, and there is a concern that even legitimate advertising marketing activities of companies may be regulated, so a review of dark pattern regulatory measures is required. In this study, dark patterns were reviewed from a normative point of view and appropriate regulatory measures were analyzed. In particular, the problem of the dark pattern can be applied in a way that the market regulates and controls itself in consideration of the characteristics of the online platform. This study reviewed the possibility of self-regulation for dart patterns and proposed the role of each subject.

• 융합경영연구
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2024

Purpose: As competition in the online platform market heats up due to the growing online presence, there is a growing interest in consumer protection legislation to protect consumers. The current online platform law has been criticized for its limitations in regulating the rapidly evolving platform economy. In particular, there is an ongoing need to regulate 'dark patterns' that deceive and mislead consumers. Research Design and Methods: This trend has been recognized not only in Korea, but also in Europe and the United States, which have enacted related regulatory bills, making some types of dark patterns illegal. It is necessary to protect consumers from dark patterns. However, there are some opinions that legal regulations do not protect consumers, but reduce consumer choice, as there is no specific definition of 'dark patterns' or analysis of the damage status. It has also been argued that extensive regulations could shrink the online platform market. Results: Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the areas that can resolve consumers' complaints about dark patterns before the revised law is implemented. In addition, it should be a rational and efficient system so that the continuously growing online platform market does not shrink due to excessive regulations and can develop healthily through the prevention of dark patterns. Conclusions: Here, it is also extremely important to specifically present the scope and standards of regulations and reduce the scope for unnecessary legal interpretation. It can also be a good idea to strengthen the education of consumers and businesses on dark pattern problems and their solutions, and to create a foundation that allows them to solve problems autonomously.

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.515-525
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• 2024

다크패턴은 온라인상에서 서비스 제공자가 은밀한 속임수를 통해 필요 정보를 숨겨 사용자가 원하는 행동을 못하게 하거나, 의도하지 않은 행동을 유도하는 사용자 경험 디자인이다. 본 연구에서는 세계 상위 200개 뉴스 웹사이트를 대상으로 배너, 기사형, 팝업, 영상 광고와 같은 다크패턴의 사용 양상과 사용자에게 미치는 영향을 분석했다. 연구 결과, 배너 광고와 사용자 이탈률 및 순방문자 수 사이에는 유의미한 관련성이 없다는 결과가 나왔다. 지역별 분석 결과, 최초 화면 이동배너와 헤드라인 뉴스 화면 이동배너는 남아메리카에서, 헤드라인 뉴스 화면 고정배너는 아시아에서 가장 많이 관측되었다. 나머지 모든 분류는 유럽에서 가장 많이 관측되어 유럽 웹사이트가 가장 많은 수와 많은 종류의 다크패턴을 가지고 있다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.137-142
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• 2024

사용자 인터페이스(user interface, UI) 기능이 왜곡되어 의도적으로 사용자를 기만하거나 유혹하는 다크패턴으로 등장하고 있다. 다크패턴을 인지하지 못한 소비자는 선택권을 제약받고 이로 인해 불필요한 경제적 피해를 보고 있다. 본 연구에서는 질적연구 방법을 통해 온라인 쇼핑몰의 다크패턴에 대한 소비자들의 다양한 쇼핑 감정 및 다크패턴인지 이후의 행동의도를 알아보고자 하였다. 연구결과 다크패턴 유형에 따라 인지하는 비율은 다소 차이가 있었고, 해당업체에 대한 불신, 사용자 기만, 불쾌함 등의 소비자 감정을 유발하는 것으로 나타났다. 다크패턴 인지 이후의 행동은 아직까지는 적극적으로 해당업체에 항의하여 피해보상을 요구하는 것보다는 재발방지를 위한 다짐, 지인에게 경고 등의 소극적인 행동을 보이는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• 제73권10호
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• pp.1596-1602
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• 2018

We suggest that the dark matter in the universe has quantum entanglement if the dark matter is a Bose-Einstein condensation of ultra-light scalar particles. In this theory, any two regions of a galaxy are quantum entangled due to the quantum nature of the condensate. We calculate the entanglement entropy of a typical galactic halo, which turns out to be at least O(ln(M/m)), where M is the mass of the halo and m is the mass of a dark matter particle. The entanglement can be inferred from the rotation curves of the galaxy or the interference patterns of the dark matter density.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.396-400
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• 2016

Laser speckle patterns were used to monitor variations of thermal voltages of a cathode during a battery discharge. Discharge voltages measured with an oscilloscope were utilized as a figure of merit of thermal voltages in Zn metal. Using an optical imaging system, speckle patterns were taken for zinc metal surface over a time period of 3 minutes. Pixel sum distribution functions (PSDFs) were extracted from speckle patterns. Accumulated pixel sums quantified from PSDFs over an optimized grayscale range strongly correlated with discharge voltages. This suggested that dark matter or particles may have the capability of both absorbing and radiating thermal energies simultaneously. The black body-like properties were able to be validated by identifying coincidences with distinct features of a black body spectrum. The pixels belonging to the grayscale range were confirmed to represent dark matter of a speckle pattern. It was clear that dark matter was part of surface plasmon carriers. The proposed sensing system can be applied to monitor thermal energy variations in any material.

• 패션비즈니스
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.101-117
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to investigate domestic and foreign fashion sock design trends and suggest a proposal for competitive fashion sock design developments. The methods of this study are undertaken by literature review and design trend analysis. For the design trend analysis, in the case of domestic cases, 209 pictures from 7 brands, and in the case of foreign cases, 870 pictures from 10 brands are being chosen. In terms of analysis criteria, the colors, patterns, lengths and images of both the domestic and foreign socks are being compared. As a result, among the fashion foreign socks, more than 4 colors are the most common, and dark & dark grayish, strong & deep color tones are the most popular. Also, the stylized, geometrical patterns, and casual, cute and unique images are generally used. In the case of domestic fashion socks, 2 colors are the most common with vivid, strong & deep color tones as the most popular. Furthermore the patterns are limited to geometric patterns, and the images of socks are inclined to be too casual. To enhance the competitiveness of Korean sock designs, the variety of patterns and images are essential.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.813-820
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• 1998

This study was performed as a part of comparative biochemical studies of carotenoid pigment for the fresh water fish. Carotenoids in integument of Korean dark sleeper, Odontobutis platycephala, and dark sleeper, Odontobutis odontobutis interrupta, which are all the Korean native fresh water fish, were separated by thin layer chromatography, column chromatography and HPLC. The separated carotenoid were then reduced and isomerized by NaBH4 and I2 respectively to investigate UV-Vis spectrophotometeric patterns and chracterized by IR, 1H-NMR and Mass spectrum. The content of total carotenoids in the integument of Korean dark sleeper was 3.01mg% in April, but it was increased to 3.74mg% in September at the near of spawning period. The carotenoid isolated in April consisted of $\beta$-carotene(25.6%), lutein(18.5%) and zeaxanthin(12.0%) as major carotenoids and also contained isocryptoxanthin, diatoxanthin, tunaxanthin, cynthiaxanthin, canthaxanthin and $\alpha$-cryptoxanthin as minor carotenoids. Similarly, in September the carotenoid consisted of $\beta$-carotene(16.5%), zeaxanthin(13.7%) and cynthiaxanthin(13.6%) as major carotenoids and also contained lutein, isocryptoxanthin, tunaxanthin, $\alpha$-cryptoxanthin, diatoxanthin and canthaxanthin as minor carotenoids. At the near of spawning period, the content of cynthiaxanthin and $\alpha$-cryptoxanthin were increased. The content of total carotenoids in the integument of spawning period. T도 carotenoid isolated in April and September consisted of $\beta$-carotene(24.9%, 27.5%), zeaxanthin(14.4%, 20.9%) and lutein(12.6%, 11.4%) as major carotenoids and also contained cynthiaxanthin, tunaxanthin, diatoxanthin, isocryptoxanthin, $\alpha$-cryp-toxanthin and canthaxanthin as minor carotenoids. At the near of spawning period, the content of zeaxanthin was increased, indicating that the carotenoid composition were dependent upon their living conditions and their integument colors. Both Korean dark sleeper and dark sleeper contained high amount of cynthiaxanthin and diatoxanthin which are found as rare carotenoids in the other of fresh water fish. It is interes that they also contained tunaxanthin which is a specific carotenoid in marine fishes.

• 한국분말재료학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2017

We propose a custom analysis technique for the dark field (DF) image based on transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The custom analysis technique is developed based on the $DigitalMicrograph^{(R)}$ (DM) script language embedded in the Gatan digital microscopy software, which is used as the operational software for most TEM instruments. The developed software automatically scans an electron beam across a TEM sample and records a series of electron diffraction patterns. The recorded electron diffraction patterns provide DF and ADF images based on digital image processing. An experimental electron diffraction pattern is recorded from a IrMn polycrystal consisting of fine nanograins in order to test the proposed software. We demonstrate that the developed image processing technique well resolves nanograins of ~ 5 nm in diameter.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.243-254
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• 1986

The enzyme patterns and the food storage changes in radish (Raphanus sativus L. cv. Taewang) cotyledons during seedling development were studied. The radish seeds were germinated for 8 days at $25^{\circ}C$ under light (7, 000 lux) or dark condition. The lipid and protein contents per seed were 4.3 mg and 2.85 mg respectively. In 8-day-old light-grown seedling, the lipid and protein contents per cotyledon pair were 1.5 mg and 2.08 mg; in 8-day-old dark-grown seedling, they were 0.8 mg and 1.24 mg respectively. The heterotrophic phase of seedlings continued for 3 days after sowing and followed by autotrophic phase (3~6 day) and senescence phase (6~8 day). The food storage function decreased in response to time course. During heterotrophic phase, the activities of glyoxysomal enzymes (malate synthetase, isocitrate lyase, and catalase) were high at 2~3 day. Those patterns were somewhat more prominent in darkness. During the autotrophic phase, the activities of peroxysomal enzymes (glycolate oxidase and catalase) increased at 4~5 day.