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방화범죄의 실태와 그 대책 - 관심도와 동기의 다양화에 대한 대응 - (The Reserch on Actual Condition of Crime of Arson Which Occurs in Korea and Its Countermeasures)

  • 최종태
    • 시큐리티연구
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    • 제1호
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    • pp.371-408
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    • 1997
  • This article is the reserch on actual condition of crime of arson which occurs in Korea and its countermeasures. The the presented problem in this article are that (1) we have generally very low rate concern about the crime of arson contrary to realistic problems of rapid increase of crime of arson (2) as such criminal motives became so diverse as to the economic or criminal purpose unlike characteristic and mental deficiency of old days, and to countermeasure these problems effectively it presentation the necessity of systemantic research. Based on analysis of reality of arson, the tendency of this arson in Korea in the ratio of increase is said to be higher than those in violence crime or general fire rate. and further its rate is far more greater than those of the U.S.A. and Japan. Arson is considered to be a method of using fire as crime and in case of presently residence to be the abject, it is a public offense crime which aqccompany fatality in human life. This is the well It now fact to all of us. And further in order to presentation to the crime of arson, strictness of criminal law (criminal law No, 164 and 169, and fire protection law No. 110 and 111) and classification of arsonist as felony are institutionary reinforced to punish with certainty of possibility, Therefore, as tendency of arson has been increased compared to other nations, it is necessary to supplement strategical policy to bring out overall concerns of the seriousness of risk and damage of arson, which have been resulted from the lack of understanding. In characteristics analysis of crime of arson, (1) It is now reveald that, in the past such crime rate appeared far more within the boundary of town or city areas in the past, presently increased rate of arsons in rural areas are far more than in the town or small city areas, thereby showing characteristics of crime of arson extending nation wide. (2) general timetable of arson shows that night more than day time rate, and reveald that is trait behavior in secrecy.(3) arsonists are usually arrested at site or by victim or report of third person(82,9%).Investigation activities or self surrenders rate only 11.2%. The time span of arrest is normally the same day of arson and at times it takes more than one year to arrest. This reveals its necessity to prepare for long period of time for arrest, (4) age rate of arson is in their thirties mostly as compared to homicide, robbery and adultery, and considerable numbers of arsons are in old age of over fifties. It reveals age rate is increased (5) Over half of the arsonists are below the junior high school (6) the rate of convicts by thier records is based on first offenders primarily and secondly more than 4 time convicts. This apparently shows necessity of effective correctional education policy for their social assimilation together with re-investigation of human education at the primary and secondary education system in thier life. The examples of motivation for arosnits, such as personal animosity, fury, monetary swindle, luscious purpose and other aims of destroying of proof, and other social resistance, violence including ways of threatening, beside the motives of individual defects, are diverse and arsonic suicide and specifically suicidal accompany together keenly manifested. When we take this fact with the criminal theory, it really reveals arsons of crime are increasing and its casualities are serious and a point as a way of suicide is the anomie theory of Durkheim and comensurate with the theory of that of Merton, Specifically in the arson of industrial complex, it is revealed that one with revolutionary motive or revolting motive would do the arsonic act. For the policy of prevention of arsons, professional research work in organizational cooperation for preventive activities is conducted in municipal or city wise functions in the name of Parson Taskforces and beside a variety of research institutes in federal government have been operating effectively to countermeasure in many fields of research. Franch and Sweden beside the U.S. set up a overall operation of fire prevention research funtions and have obtained very successful result. Japan also put their research likewise for countermeasure. In this research as a way of preventive fire policy, first, it is necessary to accomodate the legal preventitive activities for fire prevention in judicial side and as an administrative side, (1) precise statistic management of crime of arson (2) establishment of professional research functions or a corporate (3) improvement of system for cooperative structural team for investigation of fires and menpower organization of professional members. Secondly, social mentality in individual prospect, recognition of fires by arson and youth education of such effect, educational program for development and practical promotion. Thirdly, in view of environmental side, the ways of actual performance by programming with the establishment of cooperative advancement in local social function elements with administrative office, habitants, school facilities and newspapers measures (2) establishment of personal protection where weak menpowers are displayed in special fire prevention measures. These measures are presented for prevention of crime of arson. The control of crime and prevention shall be prepared as a means of self defence by the principle of self responsibility Specifically arsonists usually aims at the comparatively weak control of fire prevention is prevalent and it is therefore necessary to prepare individual facilities with their spontaneous management of fire prevention instead of public municipal funtures of local geverment. As Clifford L. Karchmer asserted instead of concerns about who would commit arson, what portion of area would be the target of the arson. It is effective to minister spontaveously the fire prevention measure in his facility with the consideration of characteristics of arson. On the other hand, it is necessary for the concerned personnel of local goverment and groups to distribute to the local society in timely manner for new information about the fire prevention, thus contribute to effective result of fire prevention result. In consideration of these factors, it is inevitable to never let coincide with the phemonemon of arsons in similar or mimic features as recognized that these could prevail just an epedemic as a strong imitational attitude. In processing of policy to encounter these problems, it is necessary to place priority of city policy to enhancement of overall concerns toward the definitive essense of crime of arson.

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제 1, 2회 학생 과학 공동탐구 토론대회의 종합적 평가 (Summative Evaluation of 1993, 1994 Discussion Contest of Scientific Investigation)

  • 김은숙;윤혜경
    • 한국과학교육학회지
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    • 제16권4호
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    • pp.376-388
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    • 1996
  • The first and the second "Discussion Contest of Scientific Investigation" was evaluated in this study. This contest was a part of 'Korean Youth Science Festival' held in 1993 and 1994. The evaluation was based on the data collected from the middle school students of final teams, their teachers, a large number of middle school students and college students who were audience of the final competition. Questionnaires, interviews, reports of final teams, and video tape of final competition were used to collect data. The study focussed on three research questions. The first was about the preparation and the research process of students of final teams. The second was about the format and the proceeding of the Contest. The third was whether participating the Contest was useful experience for the students and the teachers of the final teams. The first area, the preparation and the research process of students, were investigated in three aspects. One was the level of cooperation, participation, support and the role of teachers. The second was the information search and experiment, and the third was the report writing. The students of the final teams from both years, had positive opinion about the cooperation, students' active involvement, and support from family and school. Students considered their teachers to be a guide or a counsellor, showing their level of active participation. On the other hand, the interview of 1993 participants showed that there were times that teachers took strong leading role. Therefore one can conclude that students took active roles most of the time while the room for improvement still exists. To search the information they need during the period of the preparation, student visited various places such as libraries, bookstores, universities, and research institutes. Their search was not limited to reading the books, although the books were primary source of information. Students also learned how to organize the information they found and considered leaning of organizing skill useful and fun. Variety of experiments was an important part of preparation and students had positive opinion about it. Understanding related theory was considered most difficult and important, while designing and building proper equipments was considered difficult but not important. This reflects the students' school experience where the equipments were all set in advance and students were asked to confirm the theories presented in the previous class hours. About the reports recording the research process, students recognize the importance and the necessity of the report but had difficulty in writing it. Their reports showed tendency to list everything they did without clear connection to the problem to be solved. Most of the reports did not record the references and some of them confused report writing with story telling. Therefore most of them need training in writing the reports. It is also desirable to describe the process of student learning when theory or mathematics that are beyond the level of middle school curriculum were used because it is part of their investigation. The second area of evaluation was about the format and the proceeding of the Contest, the problems given to students, and the process of student discussion. The format of the Contests, which consisted of four parts, presentation, refutation, debate and review, received good evaluation from students because it made students think more and gave more difficult time but was meaningful and helped to remember longer time according to students. On the other hand, students said the time given to each part of the contest was too short. The problems given to students were short and open ended to stimulate students' imagination and to offer various possible routes to the solution. This type of problem was very unfamiliar and gave a lot of difficulty to students. Student had positive opinion about the research process they experienced but did not recognize the fact that such a process was possible because of the oneness of the task. The level of the problems was rated as too difficult by teachers and college students but as appropriate by the middle school students in audience and participating students. This suggests that it is possible for student to convert the problems to be challengeable and intellectually satisfactory appropriate for their level of understanding even when the problems were difficult for middle school students. During the process of student discussion, a few problems were observed. Some problems were related to the technics of the discussion, such as inappropriate behavior for the role he/she was taking, mismatching answers to the questions. Some problems were related to thinking. For example, students thinking was off balanced toward deductive reasoning, and reasoning based on experimental data was weak. The last area of evaluation was the effect of the Contest. It was measured through the change of the attitude toward science and science classes, and willingness to attend the next Contest. According to the result of the questionnaire, no meaningful change in attitude was observed. However, through the interview several students were observed to have significant positive change in attitude while no student with negative change was observed. Most of the students participated in Contest said they would participate again or recommend their friend to participate. Most of the teachers agreed that the Contest should continue and they would recommend their colleagues or students to participate. As described above, the "Discussion Contest of Scientific Investigation", which was developed and tried as a new science contest, had positive response from participating students and teachers, and the audience. Two among the list of results especially demonstrated that the goal of the Contest, "active and cooperative science learning experience", was reached. One is the fact that students recognized the experience of cooperation, discussion, information search, variety of experiments to be fun and valuable. The other is the fact that the students recognized the format of the contest consisting of presentation, refutation, discussion and review, required more thinking and was challenging, but was more meaningful. Despite a few problems such as, unfamiliarity with the technics of discussion, weakness in inductive and/or experiment based reasoning, and difficulty in report writing, The Contest demonstrated the possibility of new science learning environment and science contest by offering the chance to challenge open tasks by utilizing student science knowledge and ability to inquire and to discuss rationally and critically with other students.

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H형 기관지 식도루에 대한 임상 경험 (Clinical Experience of H-type Tracheoesophageal Fistula)

  • 조휘동;남소현;조민정;김태훈;김대연;김성철;김인구
    • Advances in pediatric surgery
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    • 제17권2호
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    • pp.154-161
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    • 2011
  • Tracheoesophageal fistula without esophageal atresia (H-type TEF) is a congenital anomaly that is characterized by a fistula between the posterior wall of the trachea and the anterior wall of the esophagus, not accompanied by esophageal atresia. The purpose of this study is to investigate the clinical characteristics, diagnostic time, the side of cervical approach and short term result after surgery by searching medical records of patients treated for H-type TEF. The search was done at University of Ulsan, Department of Pediatric Surgery of Asan Medical Center, and the total number of patients from May 1989 to December 2010 was 9 with M:F ratio of 1:2. The median gestational age was $39^{+6}$ ($32^{+6}{\sim}41^{+0}$) wks. Seven out of nine patients were born at term and the other two were born premature. The clinical presentation was aspiration pneumonia, difficulty in feeding, chronic cough, vomiting, abdominal distension and growth retardation. The symptoms presented right after birth. The diagnosis was made with esophagography and the median time of diagnosis was 52 days of life. The majority of surgical corrections were performed within two weeks of diagnosis (median; 15d, range; 1d - 6m). Six patients had associated anomalies, and cardiac anomalies were most common. The cervical approach was utilized in all cases (right 2, left 7). Transient vocal cord palsy and minor esophageal leakage complicated two cases. Although the diagnosis of H-type TEF was difficult and often delayed, we had a good short term result. The left cervical approach was preferred.

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학습분석 기법을 적용한 소프트웨어교육 지원 시스템 개발 (Development of Software Education Support System using Learning Analysis Technique)

  • 전인성;송기상
    • 정보교육학회논문지
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    • 제24권2호
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    • pp.157-165
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    • 2020
  • 소프트웨어교육에 대한 관심이 높아지면서 소프트웨어교육의 교수·학습 방법 및 평가에 대한 논의도 같이 활발해지고 있다. 현재 이루어지고 있는 소프트웨어교육 수업 방법의 문제는 교수자가 학습자의 컴퓨터에서 진행되고 있는 코딩의 내용을 실시간으로 파악할 수 없다는 것이다. 이에 따라 교수자는 적시에 학습자에게 피드백을 주는데 한계가 있다. 이 문제를 극복하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 학습분석 기법을 적용하여 엔트리 기반의 실시간 학습자 코딩 상황을 파악하고 교수자에게 전달하는 소프트웨어교육 지원 시스템을 개발하고, 학습중에 수집되는 데이터를 Hadoop 시스템을 통하여 시각화는 체제를 구현하였다. 소프트웨어교육 지원 시스템은 교사와 학습자가 접속하는 표현 계층과 코드를 분석하고 구조화하여 평가하는 비즈니스 계층, 그리고 학급정보, 계정 정보, 학습정보 등을 저장하는 DB 계층을 포함하고 있다. 교수자는 미리 학습할 내용을 소프트웨어교육 지원 시스템에 설정하는 것이 가능하고, 저장된 코드와 학생들의 코드를 비교한 데이터를 기반으로 하여 컴퓨팅 사고력 요소 루브릭을 통해 학습자의 성취율을 비교·분석할 수 있다.

은닉된 손가락 예측이 가능한 실시간 손 포즈 인식 방법 (A Real-time Hand Pose Recognition Method with Hidden Finger Prediction)

  • 나민영;최재인;김태영
    • 한국게임학회 논문지
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    • 제12권5호
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    • pp.79-88
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    • 2012
  • 본 논문에서는 키보드나 마우스를 이용하지 않고 손 포즈나 동작으로 직관적인 사용자 인터 페이스를 제공하기 위한 실시간 손 포즈 인식 방법을 제안한다. 먼저 깊이 카메라 입력영상에서 왼손과 오른손의 영역을 분할 및 잡음 보정 후 각 손 영역에 대하여 손 회전각과 손 중심점을 계산한다. 그리고 손 중심점에서 일정간격으로 원을 확장해 나가면서 손 경계 교차점의 중간 지점을 구해 손가락 관절점과 끝점을 검출한다. 마지막으로 앞서 구한 손 정보와 이전 프레임의 손 모델간의 매칭을 수행하여 손 포즈를 인식한 후 다음 프레임을 위하여 손 모델을 갱신한다. 본 방법은 연속된 프레임간의 시간 일관성을 이용하여 이전 프레임의 손 모델 정보를 통하여 은닉된 손가락의 예측이 가능하다. 양손을 사용하여 은닉된 손가락을 가진 다양한 손 포즈에 대해 실험한 결과 제안 방법은 평균 95% 이상의 정확도로 32 fps 이상의 성능을 보였다. 제안 방법은 프리젠테이션, 광고, 교육, 게임 등의 응용분야에서 비접촉식 입력 인터페이스로 사용될 수 있다.

태도가 전시가 될 때: '감화'로서의 전시공간 (When Attitudes Become Exhibition: Exhibitional Space as "Affects")

  • 유진상
    • 미술이론과 현장
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    • 제1호
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    • pp.49-70
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    • 2003
  • What is an exhibition? Is it of the system which is designed to serve Art Works in their representation, or is it a place where the artistic presentation could be considered as art work itself? After modernist era, the role of exhibitional space might have been shifted from those two principle raison d'$\^{e}$tre of exhibitional space into another, a new one. What Deleuze would call it as he borrowed the term from Spinozian philosophy : the Affectional Space. This new type of exhibitional space has been announced since 1969 when a Harald Szeeman, young independent curator and art critic from Swiss, has organized his brilliant exhibition "When Attitudes become Form" in Bern. For sure, these intensities in curatorial practices have been existing before like some early 20th century exhibitional efforts by Marcel Duchamp, El Lissitzky, Yve Klein, etc. It has influenced much on many of, otherwise most of contemporary art exhibiting practices. And now it seems to be necessary to give it a conceptual idea which could enlighten better the new paradigm of exhibitional practices that we try to clarify. I would propose the idea of that new exhibitional space as "space of non-organic becoming". This idea is inspired by Deleuze's ever famous philosophical work Thousand Plateaus, which, with Folds by the same author, has contributed to many contemporary and aesthetical debating issues. What is "affect"? Explaining about Spinoza's principle concepts, Deleuze defines it as a kind of durations or variations which are constituted by different levels of perfection. One perfection is precedented or followed by certain perfection bigger or lesser through lived transitions or passages. So each time it actualizes and reflects the state of All as a cut of Reality while each state of affections, images or ideas can not be separated from the duration which binds it to the precedent state and extends it to following one. Affect is also a term of changes. One affects at the same time it is affected. Exhibitional space as affect (or affectional space) is distinguished from representational and presentational space in the way it attributes movement, produces arrangements and generates new factors of artistic creation including those which are outside of ever accepted artistic elements. The concepts of affectional space are used especially to enlighten contemporary situation of artistic and curatorial processes. Art is no more limited to be seen as mere objects of aesthetical admiration, nor as art vis-$\`{a}$-vis art relationship apart from the whole. It includes possibilities and virtuality that appear in the imperceptible and undescribable manners if delimited in given language. As once noticed by Kuhn, we might be living in a paradigmatically shifting world, not only in Art but also in Life. And we need to express it more with Art as moving and affectional nods than as just a clean window or a distinct manual book.

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시판 포장가공 식품의 영양표시 현황에 관한 조사연구 (A Study on the Current Nutritin Labeling Practices for the Processed Foods Retailed in the Supermarket in Korea)

  • 장순옥
    • Journal of Nutrition and Health
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    • 제30권1호
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    • pp.100-108
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    • 1997
  • Our current food hygiene law mandates nutrition label (NL) for the special nutrition foods, health support foods, instant foods, and foods with certain nutrient emphasized note, only. Currently more processed foods are bearing nutrition labels though the format is quite inconsistant. This study examined the status on current nutrition labeling practices for the processed foods that are retailed in the supermarket. The obtained information was assessed in the aspects of numerical data presentation on nutrients content, descriptive terms, health claim, and the format. The results are summarized as follows. 1) Foods with NL are limited to the food category specified by current hygiene law while voluntary nutition labeling is few. 2) Descriptive terms such as free, low, and sufficient are not substantiated with quantitative data. The efficacy of microelements which has not been clalified yet are overemphasized but major nutrients are ignored. 3) The regulations for the descriptive terms are set on the base of the nutrient content per 100g or 100ml under current nutrition labeling act. It would mislead consumers thus the definition for these descriptor be better set on the unit of the amount of food customary eaten at one time. For this the standard serving size should be set officially. 4) Quantitative nutrition information given on food products is difficult to compare because of the lack in formality. The title of NL, load and kinds of nutritents, order of nutrients listed, the unit of expression, RDA comparision, and reference RDA are inconsistant among the foods similar in dietary property. Uniform format is needed to give NL the credibility and usefulness. Proividing nutrition information to the consumers with NL is a worldwide practice though its efficacy has been controversial. Under newly legistered health promotion law in Korean nutrition education is esxpected to take part in to improve national nutrition condition and NL would education is expected to take part in to improve national nutrition condition and NL would be a potent tool for public nutritions education. It appears to be the time to mandate NL to all the processed foods in the market. The result of present study would initiate further consumer experiments related to NL. Various interest groups such as food and nutrition professions, public health organizations, government regulatory agencies, food producers and marketers, and consumer groups need to particepate and communicate for the legislation of NL and the development of NL format.

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실습과제 모형제작 방법에 관한 연구 -RP와 수동형, CNC 모형제작 방법 비교를 중심으로- (A study about modeling methode of practice works -Focus on compare RP with manual processing, CNC-)

  • 신명철
    • 디자인학연구
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    • 제18권1호
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    • pp.223-232
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    • 2005
  • 컴퓨터의 보급으로 모든 산업이 자동화 및 간편화 되어가고 있는 개발 및 생산체계 환경과 경쟁적인 산업디자인 제품개발 과정에서 가장 우선하는 것은 신속성과 다양성의 추구라고 할 수 있다. 디자인을 연구하는 학생들에게 사회 환경 적응을 위해 다양한 아이디어를 단시간에 전개해야만 한다. 그러므로 학교나 기업에서 새로운 조형의 전개와 신속한 디자인 설계검토 및 생산을 위해서는 신속한 조형능력에 대한 결과를 보여줄 수 있는 새로운 도구를 찾게 되었다. 이와 같은 환경변화에 따라 기업은 경쟁이 치열해짐에 따른 제품설계에서부터 생산에 이르기까지의 소요되는 시간과 비용 절감에 따른 요구와 학교는 다양한 디자인전개에 따른 3차원 모형에 대한 결과물 제시 등으로 RP도입을 생각하기에 이르렀다. 본 연구는 앞으로 도입해서 사용하고 있거나 예정하고 있는 대학에 하나의 새로운 사례로서 도움이 될 수 있다고 생각한다. 본 연구목적은 이러한 시점에서 연구자가 재직하고 있는 대학에서 사용하고 있는 RP기기를 중심으로 학생들의 디자인결과물을 어떻게 제작했으며, 수작업이나 CNC기기를 사용한 모형제작 방식과 의 차이점을 비교하려고 한다. 그 결론으로는 수동형 도구로는 곡선적인 모형으로 형태가 큰 것이, CNC기기로는 복잡하지 않으면서 정교하게 제작하려는 모형, RP는 복잡하면서 제품의 크기가 작은 것이 경제적이 측면에서 유리함을 알 수 있었다.

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프로이드의 정신분석학에 의한 영화 속 꿈 표현의 비교 연구 (영화 "멀홀랜드 드라이브(2001)"와 "인셉션 (2012)"를 중심으로) (A study of comparison about dream sequence in film based on Freud's Psychoanalysis (Focusing on the film "Mulholland Drive(2001)"and "Inception(2012)"))

  • 이태훈
    • 디지털융복합연구
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    • 제15권10호
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    • pp.437-444
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    • 2017
  • 꿈속의 세계를 독특한 시공간으로 묘사하며 꿈의 표현에 새로운 장을 연 크리스토퍼 놀란 감독의 영화 "인셉션(2012)"은 현실과 꿈 사이에서 환영에 빠져 있는 몽환적인 무의식의 세계를 잘 묘사하고 있다. 그러나 비현실적인 구조와 형태라는 실제적인 꿈의 모습과 본질에 대해서는 표현에 있어 한계와 모순점을 발견할 수 있는데 꿈의 실제적인 프레젠테이션 과정의 표현에 있어 프로이드의 정신분석학에 보다 가까운 데이빗 린치 감독의 영화 "멀홀랜드 드라이브(2001)"와의 비교 분석을 통해 프로이드가 언급한 꿈에 대한 해석과 맥락을 분석하려 한다. 영화 "인셉션"은 공상과학 영화의 관점에서 창조된 시공간과 풍부한 상상력은 높이 평가될 수 있으나 실제 꿈의 본질을 적용시킨다는 관점에서 논리적 개연성이 떨어짐을 알 수 있다. 반면 영화 "멀홀랜드 드라이브"는 비논리적이고 혼란스럽고 불유쾌한 무의식의 느낌에 대해 프로이드의 정신분석학적인 꿈의 해석에 입각한 논리와 질서를 부여해서 무의식의 사고과정과 흡사한 관점으로 묘사하고 있음을 알 수 있다. 이처럼 프로이드의 정신분석학의 관점에 입각한 꿈과 무의식의 묘사를 통해서만 꿈의 보다 더 리얼한 장면묘사가 가능하다고 할 수 있다.

Gene Co-expression Network Analysis Associated with Acupuncture Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Animal Model

  • Ravn, Dea Louise;Mohammadnejad, Afsaneh;Sabaredzovic, Kemal;Li, Weilong;Lund, Jesper;Li, Shuxia;Svendsen, Anders Jorgen;Schwammle, Veit;Tan, Qihua
    • Journal of Acupuncture Research
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    • 제37권2호
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    • pp.128-135
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    • 2020
  • Background: Classical acupuncture is being used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To explore the biological response to acupuncture, a network-based analysis was performed on gene expression data collected from an animal model of RA treated with acupuncture. Methods: Gene expression data were obtained from published microarray studies on blood samples from rats with collagen induced arthritis (CIA) and non-CIA rats, both treated with manual acupuncture. The weighted gene co-expression network analysis was performed to identify gene clusters expressed in association with acupuncture treatment time and RA status. Gene ontology and pathway analyses were applied for functional annotation and network visualization. Results: A cluster of 347 genes were identified that differentially downregulated expression in association with acupuncture treatment over time; specifically in rats with CIA with module-RA correlation at 1 hour after acupuncture (-0.27; p < 0.001) and at 34 days after acupuncture (-0.33; p < 0.001). Functional annotation showed highly significant enrichment of porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic processes (p < 0.001). The network-based analysis also identified a module of 140 genes differentially expressed between CIA and non-CIA in rats (p < 0.001). This cluster of genes was enriched for antigen processing and presentation of exogenous peptide antigen (p < 0.001). Other functional gene clusters previously reported in earlier studies were also observed. Conclusion: The identified gene expression networks and their hub-genes could help with the understanding of mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of RA, as well understanding the effects of acupuncture treatment of RA.