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A Study on Perception of Light and Space Experience in Contemporary Space Design (현대공간디자인에서 빛의 지각방식과 공간경험효과에 관한 연구)

  • Hong, Yu-Ran;Kwon, Young-Gull
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.16 no.2 s.61
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    • pp.339-346
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    • 2007
  • This thesis has purpose of explaining that light is not only appreciated but also physically percepted in contemporary space design and examining effects of space experience through the physical perception. In keeping with such developments, light has been perceived as the object of another architectural tool in modern space design and has provided men with new experience by providing space image and function different from previous ones. With the expansion of the area of light, light has changed a space that is not a simple architectural factor into the essential concept that gives the architectural space image ! by combining it with architectural space, structure, form and materials throughout the whole process from the beginning to the completion. Through phenomenological approach, light is percepted and experienced by body movement, intervention of senses and memories, and passing of time. The percepted and experienced light brings increase of mutual understanding in space, activation and continuance of user's sensation, recreational experience by event occurrence and space experience effect thorough information from media.

A trajectory prediction of human reach (Reach 동작예측 모델의 개발)

  • 최재호;정의승
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 1995.04a
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    • pp.787-796
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    • 1995
  • A man model is a useful design tool for the evaluation of man machine systems and products. An arm reach trajectory prediction for such a model will be specifically useful to present human activities and, consequently, could increase the accuracy and reality of the evaluation. In this study, a three-dimensional reach trajectory prediction model was developed using an inverse kinematics technique. The upper body was modeled as a four link open kinematic chain with seven degrees of freedom. The Resolved Motion Method used for the robot kinematics problem was used to predict the joint movements. The cost function of the perceived discomfort developed using the central composite design was also used as a performance function. This model predicts the posture by moving the joints to minimize the discomfort on the constraint of the end effector velocity directed to a target point. The results of the pairwise t-test showed that all the joint coordinates except the shoulder joint's showed statistically no differences at .alpha. = 0.01. The reach trajectory prediction model developed in this study was found to accurately simulate human arm reach trajectory and the model will help understand the human arm reach movement.

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The Influence of Perception of Physical Attractiveness on Health Promoting Behavior and Appearance Management Behavior (신체매력 지각이 건강증진행동 및 외모관리행동에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Eun-Sil
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.49 no.6
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    • pp.47-56
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of perception of physical attractiveness and demographic variables on health promoting behavior and appearance management behavior. This study used a questionnaire. The participants were 325 adult women. The results were as follows. As they were younger, their perception of physical attractiveness was more positive, and they were a tendency to manage their appearance with clothing, makeup, skin care, and hair style more active. As they were older, they perceived higher in the mental and physical health promoting behavior. The higher perception of physical attractiveness people had, the higher awareness of mental health promoting behavior they had. Finally, appearance management behaviors such as clothing, cosmetics, and body care were found to have a positive effect on physical health promoting behavior.

A Study on General Management of Multi-family Housing Manager (공동주택 관리자의 일반적 관리업무 실태 -경기도 광명시 지역 아파트 관리소장을 중심으로-)

  • 은난순;홍형옥
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.139-148
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    • 2000
  • The purpose of this paper was to find the apartment manager's general work, problems and opinion. 35 managers of multi-family housing which located in Kwangmyung city were interviewed during July, 1999. Questionnaire was consisted of questions which manager's opinion about their job boundaries. At the managerial standpoint, there was a perceived gap in expectation level about the manager's role between the manager and residents in multi-family housing complexes. The fact that the lack of interpersonal communication caused this gap was founded. Managerial rules and guidelines should be described in detail and be known by all residents. Specified guideline should be suggested regarding the boundaries of the manager's job, responsibilities and rights, and extra work beyond the management job in order to prevent conflicts or problems between the managing body and the residents. There guidelines also play an important role in solving the conflicts and problems in multi-family housing.

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The vision thresholds of nigro (Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum) on white LED light through ECG analysis (심전도 분석을 통한 백색 LED광에 대한 니그로 (Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum)의 시각역치)

  • HEO, Min-A;KIM, Min-Son;SHIN, Hyeon-Ok
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.52 no.1
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    • pp.42-47
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    • 2016
  • This study was conducted to investigate visual threshold of nigro (Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum) on white LED light. The visual threshold was obtained by analyzing electrocardiogram (ECG) of the nigro. 5 individuals (body weight: 15.62~45.49 g; TL: 8.9~12.4 cm) were trained for lights by an electric stimulus. And then the heart rate (beats/10s) before and after switching on the light were compared. Light intensity range was from 0.00 to 226.4 lux. Average heart rate was 10.36 beats/10s in the normal condition. When the fish perceived the light, the heart rate was decreased. Visual threshold of the fish was 2.59 lux.

A Digital Hearing Aid with 8-band Curvilinear Loudness Fitting (8대역 비선형 라우드니스 교정 디지털 보청기)

  • Park, Y.C.;Kim, D.W.;Kim, W.K.;Park, S.I.
    • Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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    • v.1997 no.11
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    • pp.79-82
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    • 1997
  • In this paper, a body-worn type digital hearing aid (DHA) based on a dedicated DSP chip is developed. A fitting software running on a PC supported by the Win95 OS is also developed. The fitting protocol is based on the NAL-R procedure applied to eight frequency bands, but it is designed to support a curvilinear fitting to cope with the nonlinear perception of hearing-impaired listeners. Preliminary subjective tests regarding the speech intelligibility and perceived quality revealed that the new DHA could be of benefit to hearing aid users.

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An Analysis of the Concept of Pain (통증 개념 분석)

  • Choi, Euy-Soon;Kim, Sang-Dol
    • Women's Health Nursing
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.284-292
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    • 2001
  • This study is an attempt to analyze concept of pain and to do it according to a series of concept development processes described by Walker and Avant. Based on the results of the study, the attributes, scope, precedences and consequences of pain were identified : 1. The attributes of pain were subjectivity, unpleasantness, expression, experience, response, and sensitivity. 2. The scope of pain were physical, psychological, and socio-cultural. 3. The following were precedences of pain : 1) Internal or external noxious stimuli 2) actual or potential injury or damage to body and/or mind 3) noxious stimulation or aversive sensation is perceived as pain 4. The following were consequences of pain : 1) physical, psychological, socio-cultural response 2) verbal and/or non-verbal communication 3) coping and self-preservation.

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Wearing, Dietary and Psychological Characteristics of Obese Children (비만아동의 의생활, 식생활 및 심리적 특성)

  • 정운선;이혜상;박응임
    • Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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    • v.41 no.1
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    • pp.155-167
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    • 2003
  • This study was conducted to investigate the effects of wearing behavior of clothing and dietary behavior, and psychological characteristics on the obese children. For this purpose, the questionnaire method was used and the subjects were 1,501 elementary school children in the 4th to the 6th grade and their mothers (1,459), in Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, and Andong cities. The children were divided into two groups, such as a normal weight group (NWG) and an obese group (OG). There were significant differences in adaptability to the cold and the heat, and in wearing behavior of clothing for body shape between NWG and OG. Scores for balanced dietary behavior was higher in OG than in NWG while dietary control perceived by their mothers was better in NWG than in OG. Stress was lower and self-esteem was higher in NWG than in OG. Experimental tests are needed to analyze the behavior of obese children on the basis of the obtained results of this study.

Melatonin-induced Calbindin-D9k is Involved in Protecting Cells against Conditions That Cause Cell Death

  • Yoo, Yeong-Min;Jeung, Eui-Bae
    • Journal of Embryo Transfer
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.237-247
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    • 2009
  • Melatonin (N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine) is the major neurohormone secreted during the night by the vertebrate pineal gland. The circadian pattern of pineal melatonin secretion is related to the biological clock within the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus in mammals. The SCN coordinates the body's rhythms to the environmental light-dark cycle in response to light perceived by the retina, which acts mainly on retinal ganglion cells that contain the photopigment melanopsin. Calbindin-D9k (CaBP-9k) is a member of the S100 family of intracellular calcium- binding proteins, and in this review, we discuss the involvement of melatonin and CaBP-9k with respect to calcium homeostasis and apoptotic cell death. In future studies, we hope to provide important information on the roles played by CaBP-9k in cell signal transduction, cell proliferation, and $Ca^{2+}$ homeostasis in vivo and in vitro.

Exploring the Determinants of Users' Continuance Intention to Use Mobile Banking Services in Kuwait: Extending the Expectation-Confirmation Model

  • Ahmad A. Rabaa'i;Shereef Abu ALMaati
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.141-184
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    • 2021
  • While a great body of information systems (IS) literature has discussed mobile banking (m-banking) services, most of these studies have focused on the adoption or acceptance phases of this technology; with little attention was given to users' intension to continue using such technology. This paper aims at investigating the most important factors that predict users' continuous intension to use m-banking services in the post-adoption phase. This paper presents a conceptualization and validation of an extended expectation-confirmation model (ECM). A total of 303 Kuwaiti users of m-banking services participated in this study. Partial least squares (PLS) of structure equation modelling (SEM) technique was used to analyze the data. The results mainly showed that users' continuous intension to use m-banking services is significantly influenced by perceived trust, satisfaction, self-efficacy, performance expectancy and effort expectancy. Theoretical and practical contributions as well as the research limitations and future directions are discussed.