• 제목/요약/키워드: Metaphors

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Metaphor and Typeface Based on Children's Sensibilities for e-Learning

  • Jo, Mi-Heon;Han, Jeong-Hye
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • 제2권3호
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    • pp.178-182
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    • 2006
  • Children exhibit different behaviors, skills, and motivations. The main aim of this research was to investigate children's sensibility factors for icons, and to look for the best typeface for application to Web-Based Instruction (WBI) for e-Learning. Three types of icons were used to assess children's sensibilities toward metaphors: text-image, representational, and spatial mapping. Through the factor analysis, we found that children exhibited more diverse reactions to the text-image and representational types of icons than to the spatial mapping type of icons. Children commonly showedn higher sensibilities to the aesthetic-factor than to the familiarity-factor or the brevity-factor. In addition, we propose a collaborative-typeface system, which recommends the best typeface for children regarding the readability and aesthetic factor in WBI. Based on these results, we venture some suggestions on icon design and typeface selection for e-Learning.

The Application of a Genetic Algorithm with a Chromosome Limites Life for the Distribution System Loss Minimization Re-Configuration Problem

  • 최대섭
    • 조명전기설비학회논문지
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    • 제21권1호
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    • pp.111-117
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    • 2007
  • This paper presents a new approach to evaluate reliability indices of electric distribution systems using genetic Algorithm (GA). The use of reliability evaluation is an important aspect of distribution system planning and operation to adjust the reliability level of each area. In this paper, the reliability model is based on the optimal load transforming problem to minimize load generated load point outage in each sub-section. This approach is one of the most difficult procedures and become combination problems. A new approach using GA was developed for this problem. GA is a general purpose optimization technique based on principles inspired from the biological evolution using metaphors of mechanisms such as natural selection, genetic recombination and survival of the fittest. Test results for the model system with 24 nodes 29 branches are reported in the paper.

Models for Social Media-Based Governments

  • Khan, Gohar Feroz
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제25권2호
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    • pp.356-369
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    • 2015
  • Public sectors around the world utilize social media tools and technologies in their daily activities for a variety of purposes, including disseminating useful information, fostering mass collaboration, and enforcing laws and regulations. A number of social media-based government stage models have emerged to document this use. In this chapter, we conducted a qualitative meta-synthesis of four social media-based government models. These models include 1) the open government maturity model, 2) the social media utilization model, 3) the adoption process for social media, and 4) the social media-based engagement model. The concepts, metaphors, and themes contained in these developmental models are extracted through a series of in-depth semantic analyses of descriptions, resulting in a common frame of reference.

공간오브제에서 해체주의 유형적 디자인 요소에 관한 연구 (A Study on the Typical Characteristics of Deconstruction Design Elements in the Space Object)

  • 구상
    • 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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    • 제23호
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    • pp.3-8
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    • 2000
  • The overall trend of the contemporary society which is characterized by the variety and de-unification shows many that object to the language system of the structuralism. The typical characteristics of deconstruction in contemporary architecture and products are deconstruction of meanings, deconstructuralism of he form by the use of material, new material, deconstruction of metaphor and way of expression, deconstruction of proportion and deconstruction of ideas. The design elements of the deconstruction are re-defying the function, changing shapes, the structures, metaphors, dening of the golden proportions and the emphasizing the kitsch elements. From the various style, the kitsch style is a phenomenon that comes from the way of representing emotion, inspiration, understanding of the popularity, and the authority of consumers for choice.

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A Study on the Metaphor Analysis Metrics of Visual Trope

  • Kwon, Gi-Myung;Lee, Jin-Ho;Jo, Jun;Hibino, Haruo
    • 디자인학연구
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    • 제20권2호
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    • pp.77-88
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    • 2007
  • Visual trope is one of the important appealing methods of creativity to induce voluntary consumer participation. In many cases, it delivers a message using metaphors. To define the concepts of_metaphor, we investigated methods of expression and significance of metaphor itself and associated forms; in all: metaphor, analogy, catachresis, metonymy, and synecdoche. We also considered the structure of each form to propose a method of metricizing the metaphor Consequently, we found that the metaphor of a visual trope is a type of operation and development of codes. We suggested models for each form type and concept of metaphor through the evaluation of metaphor significance and case study. Metaphor significance forms mutually close relationships with codes of pragmatics, semantics, and syntax. We suggested a type of metrics or a guideline for an expression method and evaluation of a visual trope appropriate for a metaphor form type. Therefore and importantly, the following study presents unique, but manifold results that are also useful in the field of design.

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The Reconstructive Toolbox

  • Geoffrey G. Hallock
    • Archives of Plastic Surgery
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    • 제50권4호
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    • pp.331-334
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    • 2023
  • Historically, the approach to any reconstructive challenge, whether intentionally or intuitively, can be seen to follow distinct guidelines that could aptly be called "reconstructive metaphors." These have been intended to inform us as to the "what, "when" and "where" this attempt can best be achieved. Yet the "how" or means to accomplish this goal, usually also intuitively well understood, in a similar vein can now be expressed to be within our "reconstructive toolbox." The latter will distinctly mirror our individuality and contain not only the various hardware that we deem essential, but also the means to access whatever technology we may be comfortable with. No toolbox, even if overflowing will ever be full, as potential options and the diversity they represent surely approaches infinity. But the truly excellent reconstructive surgeon will know when their toolbox is in any way lacking, and fears not remedying that deficiency even if the talents of another colleague must be sought, so as always to ensure that the patient will obtain the best appropriate treatment!

You Want More When You Have Something in Your Hand

  • Kim, Hakkyun;Han, Youngjee;Jeon, Eunmi
    • Asia Marketing Journal
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    • 제20권4호
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    • pp.49-64
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    • 2019
  • In this research, two studies show that the bodily experience of holding objects in the hand is tied to the mental concept of acquiring material wealth. Holding objects in the hand (a) increased people's desires for possessing fairly luxurious goods (Study 1) and (b) made people judge a controversial issue (e.g., "sweatshops" run by global companies) more favorably based on wanting to generate more wealth for individuals and society rather than on humanitarian concerns (Study 2). These results provide evidence that the bodily experience not only helps to represent an abstract concept but also can shape attitude and judgment congruent with the metaphor represented in the bodily experience.

"Local" vs. "Cosmopolitan" in the Study of Premodern Southeast Asia

  • Acri, Andrea
    • 수완나부미
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    • 제9권1호
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    • pp.7-52
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    • 2017
  • This paper analyzes the scholarly approaches to the problem of "local" vs. "cosmopolitan" in the context of the cultural transfers between South and Southeast Asia. Taking the "localization" paradigm advanced by Oliver Wolters as its pivot, it reviews the "externalist" and "autonomous" positions, and questions the hermeneutical validity of the fuzzy and self-explanatory category of "local." Having discussed the geo-environmental metaphors of "Monsoon Asia" and "Maritime Asia" as alternative paradigms to make justice to the complex dynamics of transregional interaction that shaped South and Southeast Asian societies, it briefly presents two case studies highlighting the tensions between the "local" and "cosmopolitan" approaches to the study of Old Javanese literature and Balinese Hinduism.

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Elementary School Students' Mathematical Metaphors for Line Segments, Straight Lines, and Rays

  • Sangmee Kim
    • 한국수학교육학회지시리즈D:수학교육연구
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    • 제26권4호
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    • pp.271-289
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    • 2023
  • This research investigates the development of elementary students' concepts of line segments, straight lines, and rays, employing metaphor analysis as a research methodology. By analyzing metaphorical expressions, the research aims to explore how elementary students form these geometric concepts line segments, straight lines, and lays and evolve their understanding of them across different grades. Surveys were conducted with elementary school students in grades three to six, focusing on metaphorical expressions and corresponding their reasons associated with line segments, straight lines, and rays. The data were analyzed through coding and categorization to identify the types in students' metaphorical expressions. The analysis of metaphorical expressions identified five types: straightness, infinity or direction, connections of another geometric concepts, shape and symbols, and terminology.

A Study of Kwon Kisoo's Paintings : focused on The 'Four Gracious Plants' and 'Dongguri'

  • Adjah, John;Hong, Mi-Hee
    • 만화애니메이션 연구
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    • 통권40호
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    • pp.497-519
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    • 2015
  • 권기수는 한국의 가장 촉망되는 화가 중 한사람이다. 그의 작품에는 많은 동양예술의 비유들과 철학이 담겨져 있다. 화가로서, 권기수는 그의 그림에 동양적 사상과 현대적 사상을 모두 채택하였다. 그의 주요 주제들은 '매화꽃, 국화, 난초 그리고 대나무'이다. 이 식물들은 한국에서 '사군자'라고 알려졌으나, 영어로 '네 개의 품위 있는 식물' 또는 '네 개의 온화한 식물' 번역되기도 한다. 또한 이 식물들은 네 개의 계절을 나타낸다. 그들은 각기 다른 환경에서 자라나고, 동양 미술에서 이 식물들의 품격과 지성은 매우 중요하게 여겨진다. 권기수 역시 그의 작품 속에 사군자를 소재로 많이 사용하고 있다. 그의 모든 작품에는 '동구리'라는 캐릭터가 나온다. 2002년에 빠른 붓 스트로크에 의해 고안된 동구리는 권기수의 작품에서 주요한 캐릭터이다. 동글동글하고 귀여운 인상의 동구리는 많은 사람들에게 칭찬과 사랑을 받는다. 동구리는 보통 '사군자' 가운데 살고 있다. 바위와 산과 같이 특색 있는 지역에 있는'사군자'는 동구리가 살고 있는 곳이다. 동구리는 또한 등산, 달리기, 앉기 등과 같이 다양한 동작을 취하고 있다. 이 모든 동작들이 이번 과제에서 해석되어온 은유를 묘사한다.