• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.3348-3364
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• 2021

Magic matrix-based data hiding schemes are applied to transmit secret information through open communication channels safely. With the development of various magic matrices, some higher dimensional magic matrices are proposed for improving the security level. However, with the limitation of computing resource and the requirement of real time processing, these higher dimensional magic matrix-based methods are not advantageous. Hence, a kind of data hiding scheme based on a single or a group of multi-dimensional flexible magic matrices is proposed in this paper, whose magic matrix can be expanded to higher dimensional ones with less computing resource. Furthermore, an adaptive mechanism is proposed to reduce the embedding distortion. Adapting to the secret data, the magic matrix with least distortion is chosen to embed the data and a marker bit is exploited to record the choice. Experimental results confirm that the proposed scheme hides data with high security and a better visual quality.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.129-135
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• 2012

In this study, the changes in hair quality before and after Magic straight perm have been evaluated through a hair damage measurement method. For this, a healthy high school student's (age18 years) wavy hair was selected and permed on the left and right sides. Then, the changes caused by physical methods which were applied during the fl at iron-based Magic straight perm were evaluated based on the hair damage measurement method before and after the Magic straight perm. According to the protein release test after the Magic straight perm, 1.26% in average and 0.14% was observed in Cool Magic straight perm sample. In a field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) test, saw teeth-shaped partial desquamation of cuticle cells and impurities were observed in the warm-treated hair sample. In atomic force microscope (AFM), line-profile is a method to represent roughness data on hair. According to analysis on 3-dimensional (3D) images, the hair with Cool Magic straight perm was lower than the hair with Warm Magic perm in terms of the color change of 3D images. In addition, vertical changes were observed in the hair with Cool Magic perm. As a result, irregular surface roughness was observed. This study proposed a method to minimize hair damage by cooling down the heat with the cool hair straightener as soon as the Warm Magic was finished.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.309-317
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• 2011

In this paper we introduce an algorithm to construct an in-finite family of magic cubes and investigate properties of magic cubes, which extend the results in [6].

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.159-166
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• 2017

본 논문은 홀수, 이중 짝수와 단일 짝수 마방진 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 홀수 마방진은 de la $Loub{\grave{e}}re$가 제안한 방법으로 $O(n^2)$회를 수행하는 단점이 있다. 이중 짝수 마방진은 2가지의 교차 알고리즘이 제안되었다. 단일 짝수 마방진은 ${\frac{n}{2}}{\times}{\frac{n}{2}}$의 홀수 마방진에 기반하여 여러 가지 방법이 제안되었지만 Strachey 알고리즘이 적용이 가장 쉽다. 본 논문에서는 홀수 마방진에 대해 3회 수행, 이중 짝수 마방진에 대해서는 4회 수행으로 마방진을 얻는 방법을 제안하였다. 또한, 단일 짝수 마방진에 대해서는 홀수 마방진에 기반을 두지 않고 직접 구하는 알고리즘을 제안하였다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.269-283
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to further develop the strategies using science magic and investigate the their effects of the instruction on the student's attitude toward science. To do this, a main idea was selected and stages for science teaching methods were developed. Two classes of the 4th grade were selected and instructed. After implementing and using the teaching method, a test and survey were administered to examine the perception of the students and the learning effects of the new science teaching. The results of this study were as follows. First, the strategy for using science magic was developed and applied. For learners, doing science magic was more effective on their own in terms of boosting student's understanding and interest. Also the teacher's modeling was better in terms of presenting the contents. Second, the students' reaction and perception on using the science magic in classes were positive. In the classroom setting, science magic helped the learners understand better and made the learning environment fun. Third, instruction using science magic had a positive effect on student's attitude toward science. Students felt curiosity about science magic. It made them participate better in studying the activity as well. In conclusion, instruction using science magic can be applied to science to education, and the attitudes toward science and learning achievements can be improved.

• 대한수학회논문집
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.225-231
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• 2017

Baskoro et al. [1] provided some constructions of new super edge-magic graphs from some old ones by attaching 1, 2, or 3 pendant vertices and edges. In this paper, we introduce (q, m)-super edge-magic total labeling and we give a construction of new super edge-magic graphs by attaching n pendant vertices and edges under some conditions, for any positive integer n. Also, we give a constraint on our construction.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.469-474
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• 2012

The aim of this study is to develop an ergonomic design of magic saw handle considering user experiences. Background: Frequent use of hand tool can cause musculoskeletal disorders by inadequate wrist posture, excessive strength, repetitiveness, friction and pressure, vibration, etc. A hand tool that is inappropriately designed has higher risk causing musculoskeletal disorders. Complaints for the design of magic saw handle has been raised by many users according to the increasing use of magic saw. Method: Hand tool has to be designed considering worker's characteristics and task condition to prevent worker's musculoskeletal disorders. For this, user experiences for magic saw handle were measured through questionnaire survey and observation. Results: An ergonomic design of magic saw handle considering user experiences was proposed and then its design suitability was evaluated in comparison with the existing handle design using EMG and subjective evaluation. Conclusion: The proposed handle design showed higher satisfaction and lower muscular fatigue. Application: The results of this study can be effectively used to develop a new magic saw.

• 한국수학교육학회지시리즈E:수학교육논문집
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.195-220
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• 2010

방진 또는 마방진(magic square, 魔方陣)은 정사각형 모양으로 수를 배열하여 가로, 세로, 대각선의 합이 같아지도록 만든 수배열을 말한다. 마방진의 '방'에는 정사각형이라는 의미가 포함되어 있다. 만약 '방' 즉 정사각형이라는 조건을 제거한다면 어떤 수배열이 가능할 것인가? 중국의 "양휘산법"과 "산법통종"에는 취오도(聚五圖)와 취육도(聚六圖), 취팔도(聚八圖), 찬구도(攢九圖), 팔진도(八陣圈), 연환도(連環圖)와 같은 다양한 수배열이 제시되어 있다. 또한 조선 시대 수학자 최석정의 "구수략"에는 지수귀문도(地數龜文圖)라는 독창적이고 아름다운 수배열이 제시되어 있다. 이밖에도 원 모양의 마방진, 별 모양의 마방진 등 다양한 마방진이 존재한다. 본고에서는 이러한 정사각형 형태가 아닌 마방진을 소개하고 이들이 갖는 몇 가지 성질과 이에 대한 활용 방법을 제시하였다.

• 영어영문학
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.501-517
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• 2010

This paper examines the British imperialism found in Edith Nesbit's fantasy stories by looking at the function of magic and of the hierarchical relationships seen in the books. Although Edith Nesbit is relatively unknown in Korea, she is widely recognized as having had a great influence on the 20th century British literary world, and is also well-known for her political position as a socialist. Nesbit's fantasy books are commonly differentiated from other Victorian children's books written before her in that she created realistic and liberal children characters and rejected the adult didactic tone. While Nesbit's books have been recognized as revolutionary and being distinguished from other Victorian children's books, I suggest that the ideas found in her fantasy novels largely include the dominant Victorian message of British imperialism. This imperial ideology is delivered by the logic of magic and the multilateral hierarchies. The two magic creatures (The Psammead and the Phoenix) and the two magic items from an Oriental background (the Carpet and the Amulet) all have a magic power to grant people's wishes, wholeheartedly exercising their power and knowledge for the sake of the British characters. While the magic agents serve to fulfill the children's wishes, the children aim to please their parents and to benefit their family, showing layered hierarchies among the characters. Also, there is a hierarchical distinction between the magic items and the magic creatures in that the magic items have no voice to express themselves but only serve and obey the British children. The foreign characters that the children encounter in their adventures also cooperate with the British characters to help them to fulfill their goals. In short, magic frees the children from the adult-centered world but ultimately their free adventures serve their parents and other adults, and represent the ideals and hierarchical concepts of British imperialism. Thus, Nesbit's position as a modern writer seems to be ambiguous, switching between modern characterization and style, and the old Victorian imperial messages that also exist in her fantasy novels.

• 영어영문학
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• 제56권2호
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• pp.237-253
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• 2010

In Christopher Marlowe's Cambridge days in the 1580s, the British forward wits were engaged in the curious pursuit of magic and occult philosophy in order to discover the mystery of things. Magic, together with judiciary astronomy, astrology, mathematics, and logic, was one of the most practical disciplines. Marlowe, Shakespeare, and Jonson demonstrate their deep interest in magic and its language of spell and charms in the light of their analogical application to the alchemical theatre. As Shakespeare says that the poet, the lover, and the madman are of the same because they give forms to airy nothing, a magical illusion is, for the three playwrights, similar to the theatrical illusion in that both magic and theatre work in and by a language and both give us sportive pleasures through the deceptio visus. However, while Jonson is rather puritanically antagonistic to the illusive language of alchemy and magic, Marlowe and Shakespeare are attracted to the rapturous nature of the absolute language of magic. Doctor Faustus' indulgence in magic stands for the Marlovian aspiration for the absolute language which allows no discrepancy between thinking and willing, conceiving and actualizing. His uses of spells, charms, anagrams, and magic books are transformed and translated in the play into an alchemical theatre. Faustus is dependant on and bound by his books of magic, as is the actor on the stage. Faustus is the poet condemned from the beginning. Though he is mistakenly thinking that it is he himself that manipulates Mephostophilis the magical agent, it is otherwise. Faustus is a shadow or an actor in the Elizabethan language. He remains a farcical figure during the twenty-four years which are given to him for his sensual dalliance. Marlowe never forgets through his farcical clowning to satirize such Catholic rituals as exorcism and benediction for their illusive theatricalism. The sports of Faustus' playacting and play-directing rise at the last hour to the height of a tragedy. Ironically Marlowe the playwright succeeds as a tragedian at the point where Faustus fails as a magician.