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ALMOST UNIVERSAL SUMS OF TRIANGULAR NUMBERS WITH ONE EXCEPTION

  • Jangwon Ju
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.60 no.5
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    • pp.931-957
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    • 2023
  • For an arbitrary integer x, an integer of the form $$T(x)={\frac{x^2+x}{2}}$$ is called a triangular number. Let α1, ... , αk be positive integers. A sum ${\Delta}_{{\alpha}_1,{\ldots},{\alpha}_k}(x_1,\,{\ldots},\,x_k)=\{\alpha}_1T(x_1)+\,{\cdots}\,+{\alpha}_kT(x_k)$ of triangular numbers is said to be almost universal with one exception if the Diophantine equation ${\Delta}_{{\alpha}_1,{\ldots},{\alpha}_k}(x_1,\,{\ldots},\,x_k)=n$ has an integer solution (x1, ... , xk) ∊ ℤk for any nonnegative integer n except a single one. In this article, we classify all almost universal sums of triangular numbers with one exception. Furthermore, we provide an effective criterion on almost universality with one exception of an arbitrary sum of triangular numbers, which is a generalization of "15-theorem" of Conway, Miller, and Schneeberger.

Approaches in Southeast Asian Studies: Developing Post-colonial Theories in Area Studies

  • Pamungkas, Cahyo
    • SUVANNABHUMI
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.59-76
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    • 2015
  • This paper proposes an approach in Southeast Asian studies using a post-colonial framework in the study of post-colonial Southeast Asia. This framework is based on the sociology of knowledge that analyzes the dialectical relationship between science, ideology, and discourse. Post-colonial studies is critical of the concept of universality in science and posits that a scientific statement of a society cannot stand alone, but is made by authors themselves who produce, use, and claim the so-called scientific statement. Several concepts in post-colonial theories can be used to develop area studies, i.e. colonial discourse, subaltern, mimicry, and hybridity. Therefore, this study also explores these concepts to develop a more comprehensive understanding of Southeast Asian culture. The development of post-colonial theories can be used to respond to the hegemony of social theories from Europe and the United States. The main contribution of area studies in the field of the social sciences and humanities is in revealing the hidden interests behind the universal social sciences.

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A Study on the Figurative Universality of Religious Costume -Centering on the Religious Costume of High Religions- (종교복식의 조형적 보편성에 관한 연구 -고등종교의 종교복식을 중심으로-)

  • Seo, Bong-Ha
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.33 no.6
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    • pp.958-967
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    • 2009
  • Just as various religions of the world have multiple systems based on their own belief system respectively, religious costumes, which are the expression of religion, are varied in forms according to different religions. Nonetheless, this research attempts to examine the universal features of the variety of religious costumes. Since the range of this research is broad and the limit of study is clear, this research confines the study objects into world's four high religions. The purposes of this research are as followings; first, the investigation of the world's high religions, second, the study of the figurative attributes of religious costume to study and discuss the universality of figurative beauty and aesthetic value. Figurative attributes are distinct in religious costume. First, the non structural feature of composition, and the manner in which the costume is worn. Second, the rich silhouette covering the body. Third, the restraint and inhibition of decoration, and fourth, the preference of achromatic color and monotones. 'The beauty of concealing', derived from the religious absolute and chastity, 'The beauty of chastity' influenced by the restraint of decoration and design, and 'The beauty of nature' as the drapery and non structural feature are the universal aesthetic values. Human beings tend to contact the divine beings by pursuing the essential thing and concealing the body through religion. The forms of concealment and chastity, mentioned above are reflected in the usual costumes, affected by religion as well as religious costume.

A Study of the Formative Characteristics in Architecture and Fashion of the Modernism Period (모더니즘 시대의 건축과 패션에 나타난 조형적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Hye-Young;Hur Da-Sul
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Costume
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    • v.55 no.4 s.94
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    • pp.62-78
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    • 2005
  • The modern period was the time that the most radical and extensive social and mental changes were occurring throughout the history, and modernism was prevailing as a general cognition system of people. Modernism, which carries principles of progress, belief in application of scientific technology, worship of reason, ideal of liberty as a col-e value of civilization, was plated as a leading ideology in the realm of society, culture and art In the early 20th century. In this study, the formative characteristics of modernism seen in architecture and fashion are analogized and analyzed in four ways ell the basis of the theory of p. Greenhalgh. First, 'Standardization for mass-production', which is analogized which P. Greenhalgh's 'Decompart-mentalisation', 'Social Morality', and' Technology'. Standardization for mass-production in architecture focuses on the development of a design prototype in order to mass produce; the development of ready-made clothes is actively done ill the fashion area for the same purpose as well. Second, 'Rational functionality' coming from P. Greenhalgh's 'The total work of art' and 'Function'. While rational functionality in architecture puts an emphasis on the rational operation of all the functions in regard to the relation between each part and the whole, rational functionality in fashion call be mainly seen in a dramatic increase in physical activity which could be hardly found before the modernism period. Namely, all the fashion design elements are developed for a certain rational and functional design on each part as well as on the whole in order to greatly increase physical activity. Third, 'the pursuit for genuineness of objects and universality of beauty' is on the analogy of P Greenhalgh's 'Truth', 'Anti-historicism', 'Abstraction', 'Internationalism/Universality'. This idea is adopted in architecture in the form of design of geometrical abstraction. In the same way, design using geometrical abstraction comes to have a significant meaning in fashion of the modernism period. So to speak, modernism architecture and fashion can be reborn to become an inter·national style by giving up the decorative and regional design prevailing before modernism and by expressing universal aesthetics in the form of simplicity and abstraction instead. Fourth, 'Expression of progress through a change in a viewpoint' stems from P. Greenhalgh's 'Progress', 'Transformation of Consciousness', 'Theology'. In architecture, this concept appears by using new construction materials and methods and by representing new aesthetical idea. As a result, it makes it possible for people to make progress for better lives. Like in architecture, new attempts for material application and processing are made in fashion. This gives rise to a general change in a viewpoint related to fashion, so that a flew fashion design which there has never been before can come out.

A Research of Relationship between Animation Content and Traditional Folk Culture: Centered around Michel Ocelot's <Kirikou et la Sorcière>(Kirikou and the Sorceress) and KBS Satellite Channel's <Animentary Korean Folklore>. (애니메이션 콘텐츠 창작소재와 전통 민속문화와의 만남: 미셸 오슬로의 <키리쿠와 마녀>와 KBS 위성 TV <애니멘터리 한국설화>를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Jong-Seung
    • Cartoon and Animation Studies
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    • s.19
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    • pp.65-88
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this article is to investigate the relation the animation to culture archetype, focusing on the case of the matter for animation content creation. Furthermore, in the paper, we also study about the animation industry development using various cultural archetypes such as the tale, myth, legend, folk tale, which are usable for animation content industry. For purposes of this study, we analyzed the aspects of power of folk tale and the essential vitality of folk tale in KBS Satellite Channel's and Michel Ocelot's $\grave{e}$re>. Above all, the origin of literature, folk tales are characterized by their uniqueness of each people as well as the global universality, being reproduced over and over again in oral literature. In the existent mode, folk tales have a firm structure because of storytelling, and have characteristics of performance and tradition on the basis of this structure. These characteristics can make emotional experience deepen and insure quality of narrative experience through direct communications. In this context, comparing folk tales of diverse forms of each nation and discovering the ethnicism and universality would not only be critical in the animation content development aspects, but provide precious data for effective animation marketing to apply One Source-Multi Use.

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Necessity and Direction of Korean Culture Contents Development (한국 문화 콘텐츠 개발의 필요성과 방향)

  • Seo, Eun-Sook
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.417-427
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    • 2009
  • This article studies on the identity of Korean Culture and the direction of Korean culture contents. Our Korean society goes on to value-pluralism and cultural diversity. In this point, we need to confirm the identity of our Korean culture. And we meet with the crisis of Humanities. Humanities is the core of our culture. It is the key point to make identity of our Korean culture as cultural universality and to apply it to develop Korean culture contents for the revival of Humanities. The core contents of Korean culture lies in the ancient myth, the thought of Hwarang, Confucianism, Neo-Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, the practical thought, thought of Yangmyeong study and the thought of East study and so on. On the basis of these thoughts, the core of Korean culture are humanity, harmony, the spirit of Punglyu, thought of life- esteem, ethics of environment etc. I suggest that we can apply our cultural core ideas those I analyzed above to develop Korean culture contents in the fields of cinema, music, cartoon, animation, game, character, digitalization, cultivation of experience programs of Korean culture etc. In addition, I suggest their commercial application like e-learning and culture contents education.

Theme and Form in T. S. Elopt's "The Waste Land" (T. S. Eliot의 "The Waste Land"에 나타난 주제와 형식)

  • Yang, Hyun-Chul
    • English Language & Literature Teaching
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    • no.4
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    • pp.249-267
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    • 1998
  • "The Waste Land" is Eliot's best known poem. It was first published in 1922 and became a famous poem in modem poetry by the 1940's. The poem is a statement of his personal experience with spiritual crisis, this simple outline is complicated and universalized by being set within the structure of 'the Fisher King legend'. The fisher King legend was studied by Miss Weston in From Ritual to Romance and Sir James Frazer in The Goldon Bough which traced the vegetation myths. It explained the cycle of the seasons in relation to the death and rebirth of a god. The god died in the winter with the death of the vegetation and was reborn in the spring with the rebirth of the vegetation. Sir James Frazer reaced these ancient rituals within the Christian world. He indicated that the death and rebirth of Christ falls within the pattern of this ancient ritual. Also Miss Weston transformed that ancient ritual into Christian terms, and connected it with the Quest for the Holy Grail. Eliot used not only the title, but the plan and a good of the important symbolism of the poem from these two books. "The Waste Land" is a difficult one because of the numerous interruptions in the narrative. On the superficial level, the story covers a 12-hour period in a day. It is also in "the stream of consciousness." It might be called the internal monologue; that is, "the free association of ideas in the mind of the narrator," Eliot experiments with both the idea of time and with the stream of consciousness, He employs a number of quotations and allusion from the Classic literature. So, his technique in "The Waste Land" consists of the juxtaposition of the present with mythcism and religious symbolism derived from the past. The structure of the poem is built out of the contrasts in time. The poem illustrates his conception of the past as an active part of the present. "The Waste Land" has "a symphonic structure" composed of five parts, which are linked by the repeated themes. The theme is the death and salvation of the Waste Land. It is drawn from the Fisher King myths. Moreover, he has absorbed into the structure of this poem the language, phrases, and associations of other writers. It gave the poem the universality both of theme and of pattern. Also, his intricate and fine techniques added the universality to the poet's personal material. At last, the verse pattern of the poem follow the same basic structure as the thematic patterns. Again in symphonic style, the verse varies from section to section. The interruption of real time is associated with the flow of consciousness. Though the poem is a complex structure, there are the interweavings of a great deal of ideas into a simple, brief statement. By these poetic techniques the poem manages to have good harmony and unity between the thematic pattern and narrative structure. "The Waste Land" therefore, became the greatest poem in the 20th century modern world.

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A Study on Media Coverage and Recognition Type of Users about Ubiquitous Environment (유비쿼터스 환경에 대한 언론보도와 수용자의 인식유형에 관한 연구)

  • Ryu, Seung-Kwan;Lee, Jei-Young
    • Korean journal of communication and information
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    • v.32
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    • pp.169-207
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    • 2006
  • This study conducted both a content analysis and Q-methods analysis in order to find media coverage and recognition type of users about ubiquitous environment in digital online age. The perception type of this study were divided into four types in all through Q-methodology. Above all, this study investigated three research problems. First, how is the type of the perception divided into the subjectivity by recognition-characteristic on ubiquitous environment in Korea? Second, what is a trait of character in these same or different types? Third, how did news media cover ubiquitous phenomena overall? Fourth, is there any difference between media coverage and audiences' perception about ubiquitous phenomena? The results show that audiences seem to generally follow the frames that mass media provide. In addition, however, the audiences tend to recognize ubiquitous environment based upon their own schema as following four types: 1. Positive Universality Leading Type, 2. Uncertain Prudence Preference Type, 3. Future Cultural Enjoyment Type, 4. Negative Effect View Type. This study suggests that every efforts such as technology and policies that can improve the quality of ubiquitous environment in Korea should be accompanied.

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Exploring Strategies for Applying TRIZ to Technology Education (기술과 교육에서 TRIZ(창의적 문제해결 이론)의 적용 방안 탐색)

  • Moon, Daeyoung
    • 대한공업교육학회지
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.155-176
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    • 2006
  • The purpose of this study was to explore the strategies for applying TRIZ to technology education. This study was carried out through literature review on contradiction, 40 principles, 76 standard solutions, multi screen method, effects, the law of technology evolution, and ARIZ, and questionnaire survey to investigate the validity. Through this study the strategies for applying TRIZ to technology education were proposed and the validity was identified. Only the '40 Principles' was appropriate to technology education of elementary and middle school. The results of this study were as follows; In elementary school technology education, segmentation, extraction, local quality, asymmetry, consolidation, universality, counterweight, do it in reverse, mediator, self service, dispose, flexible membranes or thin films, changing the color, homogeneity, rejecting and regenerating parts, and composite materials were suitable. And in middle school technology education, segmentation, extraction, local quality, asymmetry, consolidation, universality, counterweight, prior counteraction, prior action, cushion in advance, do it in reverse, dynamicity, partial or excessive action, continuity of useful action, convert harm into benefit, mediator, self service, dispose, flexible membranes or thin films, changing the color, homogeneity, rejecting and regenerating parts, transformation of properties, phase transition, thermal expansion, and composite materials were suitable.

Analyzing the Issues of Qualification Recognition Agreement between Korea and Russia (한-러 학위상호인정 협정 추진 쟁점 분석)

  • Kim, Seon-Joo;Ko, Jang-Wan
    • Korean Journal of Comparative Education
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.23-47
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    • 2018
  • This study aimed to improve the understanding of the qualification recognition system between Korea and Russia and to provide a way to help in the conclusion of the agreement on the qualification recognition in higher education through discussing related issues. To this end, we examined the recognition of academic qualifications in Korea and Russia, analyzed the status of mutual recognition of qualifications in higher education, and finally pointed out the issues raised and suggested ways to improve them. In the discussion of the qualification agreement, the issues are: first, whether the level of the agreement should be an intergovernmental agreement or an inter-institutional arrangement; Second, what is the scope of the agreement, and, third, with regard to the question of universality of the application of mutual recognition, whether this agreement can be universally applied to all Russian federal entities at the conclusion of the agreement. This study suggested that the mutual recognition agreement be concluded at a comprehensive and general level, and the qualification should be limited to academic qualifications, and the universality of the mutual agreement should be specified. Based on the results of this study, we proposed the necessity of regular and continuous discussions between the experts and government officials of the two countries in order to establish the system of the mutual recognition agreement and implementation process between Korea and Russia.