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An Analysis of Decision Making Process in Voluntary Reducing Private Car Use (자발적 자가용 이용 저감의 의사결정과정 분석 연구)

  • Lee, Backjin;Kim, Joon-Ki;Yi, Choonyong
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.679-689
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    • 2013
  • To relieve Green-house Gas Emission is the key issue in urban area. Urban transport policies have focused on the reduction of private car use. The most common of these is Travel Demand Management(e.g., congestion charge, environmental tax, etc.) that forces individuals to reduce their private car use. An alternative way is Mobility Management(MM) that induces individuals to voluntarily change their car use through communications. MM is founded on social psychology theory and focuses on individuals' decision making processes to change their perception and attitude on private car use. Although some researchers have reported the relevance of MM approach, still few researches have explicitly studied on individuals' decision making processes. Therefore, the aims of the paper are to analyze the decision making process of individuals and to provide the basis of introducing MM approach in Korea. Structural equation model(SEM) is applied for the analysis of individuals' decision making process. A empirical study shows that psychological factors such as perception/attitude on global environment or individual norms impact significantly to reduce private car use and accordingly the relevance of introducing MM approach instead of imposing regulations or expanding transport facilities.

A Study on the Abstraction of the Human Body in Contemporary Dance Costumes - Focusing on Oscar Schlemer's Costume Theory - (현대 무용의상에 나타난 인체의 추상화에 관한 연구 - 오스카 슐레머의 의상이론을 중심으로 -)

  • Han, Kyeng-Ha;Geum, Key-Sook
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.60 no.10
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    • pp.133-145
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    • 2010
  • The study used four basic formats classified based on the four principles on costumes discussed in the paper 'Human Beings and Arts Phenomena' by Oskar Schlemmer who studied the relationships between stage space and the human body as an analysis tool with regard to analyses on the abstraction of human body in contemporary dance costume. Abstraction of human body expressed in costume for contemporary dance is as follows: Expansions caused by unclear boundary between spaces and costumes, and the principles of three-dimensional abstract spaces based on a geometric cube change heads, trunks, arms and legs to achieve expansions. Similar mechanical shape is a type of shape made in a succession of functional principles of human body in relationships with spaces. As mechanical mechanism is added to the geometric transformation of a specific part of human body, mechanicalness is contained in it. Motion organisms are geometric simplification of moving traces in a space based on conversion into mechanical organisms based on principles of motion, and as mechanical rotation, consecutive speed caused by refraction and directionality are suggested, mobility is achieved. Immaterial shape is based on change into a metaphysical form, and it is converted into animals, plants or a third life that symbolize body parts. It has metaphysical significance in each body part and extends sensibility. As a result of the study, development into abstract succession and a techno art mode has been confirmed. Combination of geometric cubic figures with the organic human body and configuration of the human body pursued by Oskar Schlemmer's geometric abstraction through the proactive accommodation of mechanical aesthetics has been succeeded and expressed in the contemporary dance costumes.

Activation of the NF-$\kappa$B p50/p65 Complex in Human Lung Cancer Cell Lines (인체 폐암세포주에서 NF-$\kappa$B p50/p65 Complex의 활성화)

  • Choi, Hyung-Seok;Yoo, Chul-Gyu;Lee, Choon-Taek;Kim, Young-Whan;Han, Sung-Koo;Shim, Young-Soo
    • Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.185-194
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    • 1999
  • Background: NF-$\kappa$B is a characteristic transcriptional factor whose functional activity is determined by post-translational modification of protein and subsequent change of subcellular localization. The involvement of the NF-$\kappa$B family of the transcription factors in the control of such vital cellular functions as immune response, acute phase reaction, replication of certain viruses and development and differentiation of cells has been clearly documented in many previous studies. Several recent observations have suggested that the NF-$\kappa$B might also be involved in the carcinogenesis of some hematological and solid tumors. Investigating the possibility that members of the NF-$\kappa$B family participate in the molecular control of malignant cell transformation could provide invaluable information on both molecular pathogenesis and cancer-related gene therapy. Method: To determine the expression patterns and functional roles of NF-$\kappa$B family transcription factors in human lung cancer cell lines NCI-H792, NCI-H709, NCI-H226 and NCI-H157 were analysed by western blot, using their respective antibodies. The nuclear and the cytoplasmic fraction of protein extract of these cell lines were subsequently obtained and NF-$\kappa$B expression in each fraction was again determined by western blot analysis. The type of NF-$\kappa$B complex present in the cells was determined by immunoprecipitation. To detect the binding ability of cell-line nuclear extracts to the KB consensus oligonucleotide, electrophoretic mobility shift assay(EMSA) was performed. Results: In the cultured human lung cancer cell lines tested, transcription factors of the NF-$\kappa$B family, namely the p50 and p65 subunit were expressed and localized in the nuclear fraction of the cellular extract by western blot analysis and immunocytochemistry. Immunoprecipitation assay showed that in the cell, the p50 and p65 subunits made NF-$\kappa$B complex. Finally it was shown by Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay(EMSA) that nuclear extracts of lung cancer cell lines are able to bind to NF-$\kappa$B consensus DNA sequences. Conclusion: These data suggest that in human lung cancer cell lines the NF-$\kappa$B p50/p65 complex might be activated. and strengthen the hypothesis that NF-$\kappa$B family transcription factors might be involved in the carcinogenesis of human lung cancer.

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미래 인터넷에서의 인간 이동성 모델링 연구 동향

  • Lee, Jang-Hui;Baek, Sang-Heon
    • Information and Communications Magazine
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    • v.27 no.10
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    • pp.48-54
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    • 2010
  • 이동성은 미래 인터넷의 필수 요구 사항 중의 하나이다. 그리고 최근에는 단순한 단말기의 이동이 아닌 인간의 이동성 (Human Mobility) 모델링을 통해 인간 사이의 상호작용, 통신 패턴 등을 분석하고자 하는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 본 고에서는 미래 인터넷에서 이동성 지원 아키텍처 및 프로토콜 개발을 위해 필수적인 인간 이동성 모델링과 관련된 최신 연구결과들을 비교, 분석하고 인간 모델링과 관련된 새로운 연구 주제를 제시한다.

Anthropomorphic Robot Hand: Gifu Hand III

  • Jung, Kwang-Mok;Lee, Sang-Won;Kwak, Jong-won;Kim, Hun-Mo;Nam, Jae-Do;Jeon, Jae-Wook;Choi, Hyouk-Ryeol
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.78.6-78
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    • 2002
  • $\textbullet$ The Gifu Hand III is a 5-fingered hand driven by built-in servomotors and has 20 joints with 10 DOF. $\textbullet$ The backlash of transmission, the mobility space, and the opposability of the thumb are improved. $\textbullet$ The new distributed tactile sensor with 859 detecting points is mounted on the hand surface. $\textbullet$ Experiments of grasping objects by a grasping strategy imitating human grasping reflex are shown.

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Screening of Antioxidant Activity of Acanthopanax species in vitro (오가피류의 시험관내 항산화활성 검색)

  • 김지연;양기숙
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.47 no.6
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    • pp.361-364
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    • 2003
  • Acanthopanax species (Araliaceae) has been traditionally used as tonic, analgesic, stimulant of immune system, and replenishment of body function. The antioxidant activities of leaf and root bark of Acanthopanax species were determined by 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) assay and relative electrophoretic mobility (REM) on human plasma low density lipoproteins (LDL). Acanthopanax divaricatus var. albeofructus and Acanthopanax for. nambunensis showed potent antioxidant activities.

An Analysis of Psychological Factors for Human Mobility Model Parameters (인간 이동 모델에 영향을 주는 심리학적 변인의 분석)

  • Lee, Seok-Joong;Koo, Hoon Jung;Song, Ha Yoon
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2011.11a
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    • pp.59-61
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    • 2011
  • 이 연구는 인간의 이동을 모델링 하는 과정에서 고려되어야 하는 심리학적 요소를 파악하고 이를 분석하여 인간의 이동경로 예측 및 모델링의 정확도를 높이는 기초적 파라미터를 확보함에 그 목적이 있다.

Antioxidative Properties of Sachil-Tang Extract

  • Yi, Hyo-Seung;Moon, Jin-Young
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.872-882
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    • 2009
  • Sachil-Tang (SCT) has been traditionally used as a prescription of spasm of the esophagus by stress, pectoralgia and oppressive feeling of the chest in Oriental medicine. This study was carried out to investigate the antioxidant activities of the ethanol extract of SCT and its inhibitory effect on intracellular oxidation and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) using various methods. The SCT extract showed a strong inhibitory effect on free radical generating model systems, including DPPH radical, superoxide anions, hydroxyl radical, peroxynirite and nitric oxide. Besides, the SCT extract exhibited a strong inhibitory effect on lipid peroxidation in rat liver homogenate induced by $FeCl_2$-ascorbic acid, and protected plasmid DNA against the strand breakage in a Fenton's reaction system. The SCT extract also inhibited copper-mediated oxidation of human low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and repressed relative electrophoretic mobility of LDL. Furthermore, the SCT extract protected intracellular oxidation induced by various free radical generators and inhibited expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) in HUVECs. These results suggest that SCT can be an effective natural antioxidant and a possible medicine of atherosclerosis.

Functional Properties of Modified Low Density Lipoprotein and Degradation of Modified LDL by Human Monocyte-Macrophages

  • Kim, Tae-Woong;Park, Jae-Hoon;Park, Young-June;Son, Heung-Soon;Yang, Ki-Sook
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.362-370
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    • 1995
  • Human plasma low density lipoprotein(LDL) is the main carrier for cholesterol, and recent studies suggest the normal LDL can be readily oxidized by free radical and not interact with LDL receptor. Lipoprotein pariticles are consisted of lipid andprotein, and fatty acids of lipoproteins are prone to oxidation. LDL particles readily undergo oxidative modification by copper. From the results, oxidized LDL altered its biological properties. A marked increase in the electrophoretic mobility of LDl on agarose gel indicated that negative surface charge of the LDL particles was increased. Also, the results from the HPLC showed that oxidized LDL was degraded into several polypeptides nonenzymatically. Degradation tests which measured the amount of 5-IAF labelled oxidized LDL were carried out by monocyte and hepatocyte cell culture. Hepatocyte cell culture of modified LDL did not show consistent pattern. However, binding rate of modified LDL with HMDM(human monocyte derived macrophage) was enhanced with oxidation, but was retarded by addition of antioxidants(hyaluronic acid, vitamin A, vitamin E). Also comparisons of oxidized-LDL, acetyl-LDL and MDA-LDL showed significant differences in the chemical properteis and binding affinity to HMDM. Thus, modificaition of normal LDL altered its biological properties.

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Human activity classification using Neural Network

  • Sharma, Annapurna;Lee, Young-Dong;Chung, Wan-Young
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.229-232
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    • 2008
  • A Neural network classification of human activity data is presented. The data acquisition system involves a tri-axial accelerometer in wireless sensor network environment. The wireless ad-hoc system has the advantage of small size, convenience for wearability and cost effectiveness. The system can further improve the range of user mobility with the inclusion of ad-hoc environment. The classification is based on the frequencies of the involved activities. The most significant Fast Fourier coefficients, of the acceleration of the body movement, are used for classification of the daily activities like, Rest walk and Run. A supervised learning approach is used. The work presents classification accuracy with the available fast batch training algorithms i.e. Levenberg-Marquardt and Resilient back propagation scheme is used for training and calculation of accuracy.

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