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Application and Analysis of Students' Responses to Utilize 'Science TV' in Science Communication Activities at Early Morning Classes on Elementary School Students (초등학교 아침활동시간에 '사이언스 TV'를 활용한 과학 커뮤니케이션 활동 적용 및 학생들의 반응분석)

  • Kwon, Nanjoo;Kwon, Hyunjoo
    • Journal of Science Education
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.56-68
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    • 2012
  • The purpose of this study is to utilize science TV program 'Science TV' among science communication that plays important role in the popularization of science as science communication materials. I apply it at early morning classes on elementary school students and analysis the responses of students to science communication activity. In order to achieve this goal, the review on preliminary studies and relevant documents were carried out and program called 'The aroma of science encountered in the forest of science' as the contents of daily life-centered theme that can be easily understood by students in elementary school was selected. Moreover, themes of total 15 episodes were determined by analyzing their contents. The materials were applied to science communication activity targeting 1 class with 21 students in second grade of elementary school. The survey on the responses toward the activity was conducted after the activity. The result of analyzing the survey, students displayed positive response toward science communication activity utilizing 'Science TV'. The result of the activity analysis and survey analysis after the activity displayed that students passionately participated in science communication activity utilizing 'Science TV' in early morning classes on elementary school. Also, students displayed positive response toward science communication activity utilizing 'Science TV' such as the increase in the understanding of science, and others.

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A 60GHz Wireless Cooperative Communication System Based on Switching Beamforming

  • Shi, Wei;Wang, Jingjing;Liu, Yun;Niu, Qiuna;Zhang, Hao;Wu, Chunlei
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.1590-1610
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    • 2016
  • The challenge of penetrating obstacles along with impact from weak multipath effects makes 60GHz signal very difficult to be transmitted in non-line of sight (NLOS) channel. So 60GHz system is vulnerable to obstructions and thus likely results in link interruption. While the application of cooperative technology to solve link blockage problemin 60GHz system should consider the characteristic of directional transmission for 60GHz signal. Therefore in this paper a system is proposed to solve the link blockage problem in 60GHz NLOS communication environment based on the concept of cooperation and also the beamforming technology, which is the basis of directional transmission for 60GHz communication system. The process of anti-blockage solution with cooperative communication is presented in detail, and the fast switching and recovery schemes are well designed. The theoretical values of symbol error rate (SER) using decode and forward (DF) cooperation and amplify and forward (AF) cooperation are presented respectively when the common channel interference exists. Simulation results demonstrate that the performance based on DF cooperation is better than the performance based on AF cooperation when directional transmission is used.

Application of Vision Sensor to Communication Device for Person with Serious Disability

  • Tanaka, Motohiro;Yamanaka, Yuki;Moromugi, Shunji;Shimomoto, Youichi;Ohgiya, Yasuhiko;Ishimatsu, Takakazu
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.1634-1637
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    • 2004
  • We developed a communication device for person with serious disability to use slight movement. This device is developed mainly for patients suffering from ALS or a cerebral infarction. They often have communication difficulty because of deterioration of muscle functions. A feature of this device is that slight movements of user's finger, eyes or lips can be detected by using a vision sensor. Due to the features of the vision sensor, it is quite easy even for person with serious disability to use a communication device. By the field test it is confirmed that the vision sensors have superior performances as an input device for communication device. Experiments to use an EMG (electromyography) sensor and a rotary sensor are also tested to compare the performances.

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Virtual Reality Interface for Realistic Communication Services

  • Cho, Y.J.;Park, H.J.;Yang, Hyun-S.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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    • 1997.06a
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    • pp.89-94
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    • 1997
  • In this paper, we present a VR-based interface method which provides users more natural, realistic, and interactive communication and collaboration tool. Since most services in the communication systems matches with the services in the real world, the best understanding would be achieved when the communication services are represented in accordance with the services in the real world. However, conventional text-based interface and 2D GUI cannot provide such reality to the users. In this paper, we discuss VR-based interface to overcome such difficulty and introduce one instance of communication system using the VR-based realistic, what we call Virtual Village, which we are currently developing. This application might be applied to education in virtual space, desktop conferencing system, and entertainment such as MUD or the games in the distributed environment, etc.

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Qualitative Research on Communication Education of Dental Hygienist by Focus Group Interview (포커스 그룹을 이용한 치과위생사 커뮤니케이션 교육에 관한 질적연구)

  • Choi, Jin-Sun;Ma, Deuk-Sang;Jung, Se-Hwan;Park, Deok-Young
    • Journal of dental hygiene science
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.113-123
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study to review clinicians and educators on required communication education factors of dental hygienists using qualitative research by focus group interview. The participants were dentists, dental hygienists and professors. A questionnaire was developed on communication education to collect data. The collated data derived concepts related to communication education. After transferring the data, were analyzed by open coding and axial coding using computer-aided qualitative data analysis software. Focus group emphasized that higher education on communication should be preceded before they are put into the clinical field. However, the dental hygienist emphasized experiential education in the clinical field, the professor emphasized additional education for continuity of communication education even after graduation. Besides, focus group emphasized role play, and the professor required that the standardization of the dental communication training courses objectives and role play modules and the education environment infrastructure should be established to implement communication education efficiently. The categories of communication education stated in the focus group were time and method for the dental communication training courses, dental communication training courses standardization and educational environment, of evaluation of communication competency, of perception of the dental communication training courses. This study identified the communication education development to conform with the needs of the clinical field strengthen and cultivate communication competency dental hygienists based on factors of communication education emphasized in focus groups.

The Effect of Communication Ability of Health-Related Majoring Students on College Life Adjustment (보건계열 대학생의 의사소통 능력이 대학 생활 적응에 미치는 영향)

  • Jnag, Cheul;Kim, Min-Ho
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.95-104
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    • 2022
  • Purpose : This study aimed to investigate the effects of health science majors' communication skills on their adjustment to college life. Methods : The subjects were 336 college students majoring in health science at colleges located in Busan. The survey's questionnaire comprised 38 items, including 15 items for communication skills and 19 items for adjustment to college life. Results : In the gender-based comparison of communication skills and adjustment to college life, female students had better communication skills, with overall higher scores than male students for the understanding others and communication. In the age-based comparison of communication skills and adjustment to college life, students aged 21 to 22 showed the best communication skills, while students aged 18 to 20 exhibited the least communication skills. In terms of adjustment to college life, those aged 25 or older scored the highest, and those aged 21 to 22 scored the lowest. In the school-year-based comparison of communication skills and adjustment to college life, third- and first-year students showed the best and least communication skills, respectively. Overall, third- and fourth-year students were more adjusted at adjusting to college life than first- and second-year students. Third-year students also scored the highest in academic adjustment, whereas second-year students scored the lowest. In terms of relationships between the students' communication skills and their adjustment to college life, communication skills were positively correlated with the following subdomains: understanding of others, self-expression, and communication. Communication skills also showed a positive correlation with adjustment to the college environment, including personal-emotional adjustment. Conclusions : The present study found that communication skills did not significantly affect health science majors' adjustment to college life. However, given that communication skills are an essential factor for effective work performance and greater job satisfaction, it is recommended that colleges provide students with relevant education and experiences to help them enhance communication skills while in school.