• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.256-270
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• 2014

A new morphed steganographic algorithm is proposed in this paper. Image security is a challenging problem these days. Steganography is a method of hiding secret data in cover media. The Least Significant Bit is a standard Steganographic method that has some limitations. The limitations are less capacity to hide data, poor stego image quality, and imperceptibility. The proposed algorithm focuses on these limitations. The morphing concept is being used for image steganography to overcome these limitations. The PSNR and standard deviation are considered as a measure to improve stego image quality and morphed image selection, respectively. The stego keys are generated during the morphed steganographic embedding and extracting process. Stego keys are used to embed and extract the secret image. The experimental results, which are based on hiding capacity and PSNR, are presented in this paper. Our research contributes towards creating an improved steganographic method using image morphing. The experimental result indicates that the proposed algorithm achieves an increase in hiding capacity, stego image quality, and imperceptibility. The experimental results were compared with state of the art steganographic methods.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.115-123
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• 2024

본 연구의 목적은 인공지능과 위험관리라는 2가지 키워드를 통해 어떻게 인공지능 서비스의 장점 활용과 한계요인을 동시에 극복하는데 기여 하고자 한다. 이를 위해 2가지 사례인 (1) 인공지능을 활용한 위험 모니터링 프로세스 제시와 (2) 인공지능 서비스의 개발 및 운영에서 등장하는 한계요인을 최소화하기 위한 운영 툴킷에 대해 소개 하였다. 이 사례 분석을 통해 다음과 같은 시사점이 제안하고자 한다. 첫째, 인공지능 서비스는 우리 삶에 깊숙이 관여하고 있으며 이로 인해 등장하는 한계 요인을 최소화하는 장치가 필요하다. 둘째, 인공지능을 활용한 위험관리 모니터링은 적합하고 신뢰성이 있는 데이터 확보가 우선적으로 고려되어야 한다. 셋째, 인공지능 서비스의 개발과 운영시 등장하는 한계를 극복하기 위해서는 업무 단계별로 위험관리 프로세스를 적용하여 상시 모니터링이 요구된다 라는 것이다. 본 연구는 발전하고 있는 인공지능이 제공하고 한계요인을 최소화 할 수 있는 방안에 대한 연구이며 향후 관련 시장의 성장과 발달에서 위험관리에 대한 연구에 기여 할 수 있다.

• 전자공학회지
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.53-63
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• 1998

This paper reviews development trends of ferroelectric memories. Materials requirements, integration issues, device structures are reviewed for 1T-1C and 1Tr type FRAM. Other types of FRAM such as DSRAM and SFRAM are also described. Limitations in FRAM development are discussed for the viewpoint of memory concept and material properties. Finally, novel FRAM structures and operational concepts are proposed in order to avoid such limitations.

• Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 1975

In the use of traditional autogressive linear equation, there are number of obvious limitations which may not be conventioanally neglected. This paper attempts to disclose some of them with respect to the assumptions made about error terms, conditions of convergence of the equation, prperties of estimators, etc.

• 의료법학
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.239-274
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• 2010

Advance directive refers to a description of the treatment method a patient wants to be provided with in case where the person is unconscious or lacks an ability to decision making in a future period or a declaration of intention that delegates and appoints another person who makes a decision regarding a treatment method on behalf of the person. Advance directive is usually a document form, but oral statement is acceptable as well. Advance directive may have a variety of forms though, it basically consists of two basic forms. That is, one is a living will, and the other is a surrogate decision making. Though the importance of advance directive has been emphasized, and the necessity of adopting the system has been strongly argued for so far, the debates on criteria, method, and procedure alike have not yet reached an agreement. It is because even the concept of advance directive is more or less ambiguous, and each specific method has its own theoretical limitations and practical constraints. Thus the inquiries on advance directive raised in the study are summarized as the meaning, practicability, and philosophical foundation of the advance directive. Firstly, the theoretical limitations of Advance directive may be categorized into conceptual and moral limitations. In case of conceptual limitations, authors of advance directives may not be well aware, in advance, of the particular situation in which he or her will experience in the future, and patients may experience the change in his or her values and lack the understanding and information about the future situation due to the changes in treatment methods. In case of moral limitations, a patient has a limited moral autonomy right and self identity that have an impact on his or her preference. Secondly, in case of practical constraints for advance directive, there exist cultural features, low ratio of documentation, as patients themselves admit, and low predictability and stability of patient's own preference regarding life-sustaining care. And the problem of validity and accuracy in proxy's decision making is also raised. Those who administer a living will, especially, may have a difficulty in understanding the directive by a patient, so that the accuracy of execution cannot be secured. In the sense, it is needed to implement a legal device in order to solve such problems. In summary, it is urgently required to understand the limitations and explore desired alternatives to overcome the relevant problems in advance, which must contribute to successfully adopting and effectively operating the advance directive system in Korea.

• 성인간호학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.597-609
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• 2013

Purpose: This study was to explore work experience among nurses with low back pain. Specific aims were to identify problems nurses face as workers at a hospital and how they interact with other workers. Methods: Grounded theory methodology was utilized. Data were collected from iterative fieldwork with individual in-depth interviews from 9 nurses with low back pain as key informants, and a head nurse and a charge nurse who had experiences working with nurses with low back pain as general informants. Results: Through constant comparative analysis, a core category emerged as "to make one's own ground". The process of "to make one's own ground" was identified as four categories: perception of limitations, intervening conditions, balancing limitations, and controlling limitations. Intervening conditions were identified as 'working conditions' and 'personal traits'. Conclusion: Findings of the study indicate that there is a need for health professionals and administrators to understand limitations to working experience among nurses with low back pain. In addition, institutional and psychological support program is needed to improve an adaptation to working environment among nurses with low back pain.

• 정보관리연구
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.1-21
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• 2011

저작권법은 저작권 소유자의 권리와 이용자의 권리 간에 균형을 유지함으로써 지식정보에 대한 접근을 촉진하는 최선의 법적 도구이다. 이러한 측면에서 도서관을 위한 저작권의 제한 및 예외는 학습과 연구를 지원하고 정보의 흐름을 촉진하며, 대중에게 공정한 정보접근을 제공하고 지적 문화유산을 보존하는 데 중요하다. 이에 본 연구는 국내 저작권법의 도서관관련 권리제한조항을 축조분석하여 도서관 보관자료의 보존 및 제공용 복제, 도서관에서 인터넷 정보의 출력과 송신, 재생수단의 입수가 곤란한 자료 및 정부간행물의 보존용 복제와 제공, 장애인을 위한 도서관의 복제와 공중송신에 대한 개선방안을 제시하고 공정이용을 위한 일반규정의 도입방안을 제안하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.546-551
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• 2011

Tilt sensor is required to control the attitude of the biped robot when it walks on an uneven terrain. Vision sensor, which is used for recognizing human or detecting obstacles, can be used as a tilt angle sensor by comparing current image and reference image. However, vision sensor alone has a lot of technological limitations to control biped robot such as low sampling frequency and estimation time delay. In order to verify limitations of vision sensor, experimental setup of an inverted pendulum, which represents pitch motion of the walking or running robot, is used and it is proved that only vision sensor cannot control an inverted pendulum mainly because of the time delay. In this paper, to overcome limitations of vision sensor, Kalman filter for the multi-rate sensor fusion algorithm is applied with low-quality gyro sensor. It solves limitations of the vision sensor as well as eliminates drift of gyro sensor. Through the experiment of an inverted pendulum control, it is found that the tilt estimation performance of fusion sensor is greatly improved enough to control the attitude of an inverted pendulum.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.163-170
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• 2007

Purpose. Despite the high prevalence of back pain and its subsequent effects in post-partum women, intervention programs are scarce. The purpose of this study was to test the effects of a back-pain-reducing program on post-partum women who experienced low-back pain during pregnancy. Methods. A non-equivalent control-group pretest-posttest design was used. Pregnant women who attended a hospital for prenatal check-ups and experienced back pain participated in an intervention program (n=27), and the results were compared with women in a control group from another hospital (n=25). Results. At 8 weeks post-partum, the pain intensity, functional limitations were lower in the intervention group than in the control group. However, differences in mean change of the pain intensity and functional limitations between 36 and 39 weeks of gestation and at 8 weeks post-partum were not statistically significant between the groups. Moreover, the flexibility, post-partum functional status, and post-partum depression did not differ significantly between the groups. Conclusions. A back-pain-relief program in this study was not effective to reduce the back-pain intensity in post-partum women and to decrease the associated functional limitations. The implications for nursing practice and directions for future research are discussed.

• 한국진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국진공학회 2014년도 제46회 동계 정기학술대회 초록집
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• pp.403.1-403.1
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• 2014

In conventional far-field microscopy, two objects separated closer than approximately half of an emission wavelength cannot be resolved, because of the fundamental limitation known as Abbe's diffraction limit. During the last decade, several super-resolution methods have been developed to overcome the diffraction limit in optical imaging. Among them, super-resolution optical fluctuation imaging (SOFI) developed by Dertinger et al [1], employs the statistical analysis of temporal fluorescence fluctuations induced by blinking phenomena in fluorophores. SOFI is a simple and versatile method for super-resolution imaging. However, due to the uncontrollable blinking of fluorophores, there are some limitations to using SOFI for several applications, including the limitations of available blinking fluorophores for SOFI, a requirement of using a high-speed camera, and a low signal-to-noise ratio. To solve these limitations, we present a new approach combining SOFI with speckle pattern illumination to create illumination-induced optical fluctuation instead of blinking fluctuation of fluorophore.. This technique effectively overcome the limitations of the conventional SOFI since illumination-induced optical fluctuation is possible to control unlike blinking phenomena of fluorophore. And we present the sub-diffraction resolution image using SOFI with speckle illumination.