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HaptiSole: Wearable Haptic System in Vibrotactile Guidance Shoes for Visually Impaired Wayfinding

  • Slim Kammoun;Rahma Bouaziz;Faisal Saeed;Sultan Noman Qasem;Tawfik Al-Hadhrami
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • 제17권11호
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    • pp.3064-3082
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    • 2023
  • During the last decade, several Electronic Orientation Aids devices have been proposed to solve the autonomy problems of visually impaired people. When hearing is considered the primary sense for Visually Impaired people (VI) and it is generally loaded with the environment, the use of tactile sense can be considered a solution to transmit directional information. This paper presents a new wearable haptic system based on four motors implemented in shoes, while six directions can be played. This study aims to introduce an interface design and investigate an appropriate means of spatial information delivery through haptic sense. The first experiment of the proposed system was performed with 15 users in an indoor environment. The results showed that the users were able to recognize, with high accuracy, the directions displayed on their feet. The second experiment was conducted in an outdoor environment with five blindfolded users who were guided along 120 meters. The users, guided only by the haptic system, successfully reached their destinations. The potential of tactile-foot stimulation to help VI understand Electronic Orientation Aids (EOA) instructions was discussed, and future challenges were defined.

염소의 베타-락토글로불린 유전자 프로모터의 음성 조절 인자 규명 (Identification of the Negative Regulatory Element on the Caprine $\beta$ Lactoglobulin Promoter)

  • 김재만;유명희
    • 한국동물학회지
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    • 제38권3호
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    • pp.433-441
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    • 1995
  • 염소 베타-락토글로불린 유전자 프로모터의 유선 조직 특이성은, 비 발현 세포에서 -470 에서 -205 부위에 의해서 매개되는 억제 조절에 의해서 보증된다. 이 음성 조절 기작과 억제 조절을 매개하는 인자를 확인하기 위하여 상류 염기 서열을 자세히 분석하였다. 상류 염기 서열은 어느 방향으로 위치하든 연결된 베타-락토글로불린 유전자 프로모터의 활성을 억제할 수 있었다. 이와 같이 규명된 염소 베타-락토글로불린 유전자의 잠정적 음성 조절 인자는 다른 유전자의 프로모터들에 대해서는 다양한 활성을 보였는데, herpes simplex 바이러스의 thimidine kinase 프로모터는 상류 염기서열의 방향에 따라 억제 또는 활성화되었으며, SV40 프로모터는 억제되기보다는 오히려 활성화되었다. 염소 베타-락토글로불린 유전자의 억제 조절 인자를 포함하는 조절 부위는 비 유선 세포인 HeLa 및 CV-1 세포에서 추출된 핵 추출물에 의해서 이동성이 강력하게 지연되는 반면, 유선세포인 HC11 세포의 핵 추출물에 의해서는 약하게 지연되었다. 이와 같은 활성 억제와 인자 결합간의 연관성은 foot-printing 분석에서 관찰된 결합 부위가 염소의 베타-락토글로불린 유전자의 조직특이적 억제에 작용할 음성 조절 인자일 가능성을 시사한다.

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구두시장에서의 e-충동구매에 대한 쇼핑성향, 마케팅 자극과 위험지각의 영향 (Effects of Shopping Orientation, Marketing Stimulus and Perceived Risk on E-impulse Buying of Shoes Markets)

  • 박은주;김보경
    • 감성과학
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    • 제19권1호
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    • pp.71-82
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    • 2016
  • 소비자들은 구두를 단순히 발을 보호하고 편안하게 해주는 역할 뿐만 아니라 장식과 자아 이미지를 표현해주는 패션제품으로써 인지하는 경향이 있다. 온라인 시장 분석에서 구두가 소비자들의 일상생활에서 중요한 제품이라고는 하였지만 인터넷 구두 시장을 조사한 연구는 드물다. 본 연구는 인터넷 구두시장에서 구두 e-충동구매과정에 대한 쇼핑성향, 마케팅 자극, 소비자들이 인지하는 위험지각의 영향에 초점을 맞추어 조사하였다. 최근 6개월 동안 구두 e-충동구매를 경험한 적이 있는 대학생들 총 408명을 대상으로 자기기술형식의 자료를 수집하였다. 결과에 의하면, 쾌락적 쇼핑성향이나 브랜드 쇼핑성향이 높은 소비자들은 인터넷에서 제공하는 마케팅 자극(판매촉진 자극이나 제품자극)을 더 많이 인지하였고, 반면 경제적 쇼핑성향의 소비자들은 마케팅 자극을 더 낮게 인지하였으나 기능적인 위험은 더 높게 지각하는 것으로 나타났다. 구두의 경우, 마케팅 자극이 강할수록 e-충동구매는 증가하였으나 소비자들이 지각하는 위험은 e-충동구매에 아무런 영향을 미치지 않았다. 이러한 연구결과는 소비자의 쇼핑성향에 영향을 받는 마케팅 자극이 구두 e-충동구매를 유발하는데 중요한 요인임을 제안한다.

의사-임피던스 모델을 이용한 비평탄면에서의 2족보행로봇의 보행 (Locomotion of Biped Robots on Irregular Surface Based on Pseudo-Impedance Model)

  • 신현식;박종현;권오흥
    • 대한기계학회논문집A
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    • 제34권6호
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    • pp.667-673
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    • 2010
  • 본 논문은 의사-임피던스 모델을 이용하여 2족보행로봇이 비평탄면에서 보행하는 제어기법을 제안한다. 의사-임피던스 모델은 인간이 보행 시, 발바닥이 지면과 순응하는 동작을 모사하였다. 지면과 접촉하면서 인간의 발바닥은 2가지 보행상태를 갖게 된다. 첫 번째 상태에서는 지면과 순응하기 위해 노력이나 의도적인 토크를 가하는 것이 아니라 수동적인 모션으로 순응하게 된다. 두 번째 상태에서는 지면과 접촉한 후, 적절한 토크를 유지하여 인간의 몸이 보행을 지속할 수 있게끔 유도하며 이를 하중이동단계라고 한다. 이러한 과정이 안정적으로 로봇의 보행을 유지할 수 있음을 12자유도의 2족보행로봇과 6축의 힘을 가지는 환경모델을 반영한 시뮬레이션을 통해 보여준다. 이러한 시뮬레이션결과가 제안된 의사-임피던스 모델이 효과적임을 보여준다.

물(水)의 풍수론적 시각에서 본 전통마을의 입지와 공간구성의 해석에 관한 연구 - 하회.양동마을을 중심으로 - (A Study on the Interpretation of Spatial Composition and Location of Traditional Village from the Water of Feng-Shui Theory - in the case of villages of Hawei and Yangdong -)

  • 이응희
    • 한국주거학회논문집
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.213-222
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    • 1999
  • This study, from conditions connected with water in Feng-Shui theory, is to find out their influence of the location and spatial composition of the studied villages, Hawei and Yangdong, and then to offer the result as basic data for the study of the traditional village in the future. The study method is to analyze topography by the map and present state of villages studied, to interprete them on the base of location, spatial composition, and chi, and then to analyze the relevancy of Feng-Shui theory of them. The result of the study are to be following: Houses of Hawei village are situated on the inside of a winding stream of waterway, while those of Yang dong village are located on the outside of a winding stream of waterway. In case of Hawei village, showed the close interrelation between the distribution of present houses and running speed of waterway by positin. Judging from the location, orientation and surroundings of mountains and waterway, topographical composition of Hawei village is Duk su guk, but that of Yang dong village is Juang feng guk. Comparing with Yang dong and Hawei in location and spatial composition, the conditions of waterway as being locational factor, for example, the geomancy of situation, orientation, and phisical phenomena(lenth, width, and depth of waterway in front of village) of waterway, are more importantly considered in Hawei village being situated on even land than in Yang dong located at the foot of the mountain.

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Performance Improvement of an INS by using a Magnetometer with Pedestrian Dynamic Constraints

  • Woyano, Feyissa;Park, Aangjoon;Lee, Soyeon
    • IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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    • 제6권1호
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2017
  • This paper proposes to improve the performance of a strap down inertial navigation system using a foot-mounted low-cost inertial measurement unit/magnetometer by configuring an attitude and heading reference system. To track position accurately and for attitude estimations, considering different dynamic constraints, magnetic measurement and a zero velocity update technique is used. A conventional strap down method based on integrating angular rate to determine attitude will inevitably induce long-term drift, while magnetometers are subject to short-term orientation errors. To eliminate this accumulative error, and thus, use the navigation system for a long-duration mission, a hybrid configuration by integrating a miniature micro electromechanical system (MEMS)-based attitude and heading detector with the conventional navigation system is proposed in this paper. The attitude and heading detector is composed of three-axis MEMS accelerometers and three-axis MEMS magnetometers. With an absolute algorithm based on gravity and Earth's magnetic field, rather than an integral algorithm, the attitude detector can obtain an absolute attitude and heading estimation without drift errors, so it can be used to adjust the attitude and orientation of the strap down system. Finally, we verify (by both formula analysis and from test results) that the accumulative errors are effectively eliminated via this hybrid scheme.

FBAR 응용을 위한 ZnO 박막의 특성에 대한 연구 (A Study on properties of ZnO thin film for Film Bulk Acoustic Resonator (FBAR) application)

  • 정영학;이규일;김응권;이종덕;송준태
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.5 No.2
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    • pp.688-692
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, zinc oxide (ZnO) films with c-axis (002) orientation have been successfully deposited on the Al/Si substrate by rf magnetron sputtering method. The deposited films were characterized by substate temperature. Physical and structural properties of the deposited films were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurement. Electrical Properties of the deposited films were investigated by 4-poing probe and LCR meter measurement. The optimal condition in this experimental result was found at foot of the substrate temperature and shown good film quality for FBAR application.

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여성 신규간호사의 스트레스, 직무 스트레스와 주관적 건강문제 변화: 2차 자료 분석 (Changes in Stress, Occupational Stress, and Subjective Health Problems of Novice Female Nurses: Secondary Data Analysis)

  • 최지윤;기지선;김경숙;김소연;최스미
    • Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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    • 제24권2호
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    • pp.131-139
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: This study aimed to examine the changes in stress, occupational stress, and subjective health problems of novice female nurses within the first 18 months of work. Methods: This was a longitudinal study conducted with a secondary data analysis based on the Shift Work Nurse's Health and Turnover (SWNHT) study. The participants were 178 female novice nurses who participated in all 3 data collection activities (on the first day of orientation before ward placement [T0], 6 months after work [T1], and 18 months after work [T2]). The stress, occupational stress, 8 subjective health problems (upper musculoskeletal pain, leg/foot discomfort, depression, anxiety or emotional disorder, sleep disturbance, headache, gastrointestinal disorder, menstrual disorder, and others), and the greatest health problem during the study period were measured, respectively. Data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 to obtain descriptive statistics. Results: The subjective health of novice female nurses were found to be poor at T1 compared to T0 on both physical (upper musculoskeletal pain, leg/foot discomfort, and sleep disturbance) and psychological health problems (depression and stress). However, the psychological health problems of the participants were alleviated at T2 whereas; physical health problems persisted until T2. Conclusion: Novice nurses had poor health problems 6 months after work. Sleep disturbance and musculoskeletal pain persisted although other health problems such as depression and stress were alleviated over the period. Strategies to prevent and manage different health problems of novice female nurses at different work duration are urgently needed.

기립상태에서 발바닥에 인가한 진동자극의 주파수에 따른 자세균형 응답 (Effects of Plantar sole Vibration using Various Frequencies on Postural Response During Standing)

  • 유미;박용군;김동욱;김남균
    • 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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    • 제30권3호
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    • pp.247-254
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    • 2009
  • We studied the postural response induced by plantar sole vibration with various frequencies(20, 60, 100Hz) and vibration zone(the anterior and posterior foot zone) of both soles during standing. Eight healthy young adults were exposed to 15s periods of plantar sole vibration while blindfolded. Body sway(COM, center of mass), the angle of neck, trunk, hip, knee, ankle and EMG of four lower limb muscles(tibialis anterior, lateral and medial gastrocnemial, soleus muscle) were recorded during 15s plantar sole vibration using 3D motion analysis system. Simulating each zone separately resulted in spatially oriented body tilts; oppositely directed backward and forward, respectively, the amplitude of which was proportional to the vibration frequency. EMG activity of lower limb muscles also varied according to the direction of the vibration zone and linearly according to the frequency. These findings led us to consider the plantar sole vibration as useful method of postural balance control and adjustment.

태권도 찍어차기의 무릎편 유형과 구부린 유형의 운동학적 비교분석 (Kinematic analysis of skill between flexed and extended type of knee during Jigeo-Cha-Gi in Taekwon-Do)

  • 김동규;류재청
    • 한국운동역학회지
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    • 제15권4호
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    • pp.25-42
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    • 2005
  • The study was to investigate kinematic difference between flexed and extended type of knee during Jigeo-Cha-Gi in Taekwon-Do. For this subjects participated were consisted of weights of fin (1), bantam (1) and welter class(1) of male 3 national representative level skilled in two type(flexed and extended type) of Jigeo-Cha-Gi. 3D cinematography analysis was performed for motion analysis and Kwon 3D ver. 3.1) was used for 3D coordinates & analysis variables calculation. In Temporal variable there was no significant difference statistically in all phases & total elapsed time between flexed and extended type, but flexed type was delayed more 0.016 sec than extended type. In displacement of COG there was significant difference in level of p<.05 showing longer mean 6.13 cm in case of flexed type than extended type in displacement of COG during all phase and too significant difference in level of p<.01 showing longer mean 4.4 cm in case of flexed type than extended type in displacement of COG in follow through phase. In velocity of COG there was significant difference in level of p<.001 showing higher mean 15.53cm/s in case of flexed type than extended type in velocity of COG(Y direction) during targeting phase and peak velocity(Y) was more fast 8.74 cm/s in extended type than flexed type. In velocity of leading leg in forward direction(Y) there was significant difference in level of p<.05 showing higher thigh mean value in case of flexed type than extended type but showing higher foot mean value in extended type at level of p<.001 than flexed type in velocity of COG(Y direction). In velocity of leading leg in vertical direction(Z) there was no significant difference in the second & third phase in case of vertical velocity level, but momentum transferred efficiently form proximal to distal endpoint. In front-back & right-left orientation angle of trunk there was possibility of more stable Jigeo-Cha-Gi in extended than flexed type by decreasing in right-left orientation angle of trunk. In relative angle of lower leg(hip, knee, ankle) there was significant difference in level of p<.001 showing longer mean 32.74 deg. in case of flexed type than extended type in hip joint during the second phase but maintained insufficient extended knee of mean 168 deg. in targeting phase.