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A method for discrete event simulation and building information modelling integration using a game engine

  • Sandoval, Carlos A. Osorio;Tizani, Walid;Koch, Christian
    • Advances in Computational Design
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    • 제3권4호
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    • pp.405-418
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    • 2018
  • Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Discrete Event Simulation (DES) are tools widely used in the context of the construction industry. While BIM is used to represent the physical and functional characteristics of a facility, DES models are used to represent its construction process. Integrating both is beneficial to those interested in the field of construction management since it has many potential applications. Game engines provide a human navigable 3D virtual environment in which the integrated BIM and DES models can be visualised and interacted with. This paper reports the experience obtained while developing a simulator prototype which integrates a BIM and a DES model of a single construction activity within a commercial game engine. The simulator prototype allows the user to visualise how the duration of the construction activity is affected by different input parameters interactively. It provides an environment to conduct DES studies using the user's own BIM models. This approach could increase the use of DES technologies in the context of construction management and engineering outside the research community. The presented work is the first step towards the development of a serious game for construction management education and was carried out to determine the suitable IT tools for its development.

Jointly Image Topic and Emotion Detection using Multi-Modal Hierarchical Latent Dirichlet Allocation

  • Ding, Wanying;Zhu, Junhuan;Guo, Lifan;Hu, Xiaohua;Luo, Jiebo;Wang, Haohong
    • Journal of Multimedia Information System
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    • 제1권1호
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    • pp.55-67
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    • 2014
  • Image topic and emotion analysis is an important component of online image retrieval, which nowadays has become very popular in the widely growing social media community. However, due to the gaps between images and texts, there is very limited work in literature to detect one image's Topics and Emotions in a unified framework, although topics and emotions are two levels of semantics that often work together to comprehensively describe one image. In this work, a unified model, Joint Topic/Emotion Multi-Modal Hierarchical Latent Dirichlet Allocation (JTE-MMHLDA) model, which extends previous LDA, mmLDA, and JST model to capture topic and emotion information at the same time from heterogeneous data, is proposed. Specifically, a two level graphical structured model is built to realize sharing topics and emotions among the whole document collection. The experimental results on a Flickr dataset indicate that the proposed model efficiently discovers images' topics and emotions, and significantly outperform the text-only system by 4.4%, vision-only system by 18.1% in topic detection, and outperforms the text-only system by 7.1%, vision-only system by 39.7% in emotion detection.

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변산반도국립공원 내소사 지역의 능선부 식생구조 (Vegetation Structure of the Ridge Area of Naesosa in the Byunsan Peninsula National Park)

  • 김봉규;엄태원
    • 한국환경생태학회지
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.135-142
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    • 2009
  • 변산반도국립공원에 위치한 내소사 주변 능선부의 식생구조를 파악하고자 세봉관음봉 구간에 방형구($400m^2$) 23개를 설정하여 식생을 조사하였다. 식물 군집분석을 통하여 분류한 결과 소나무군집과 소나무-굴참나무-졸참나무군집으로 분류되었다. 변산반도 내소사지역의 세봉관음봉지역은 대부분이 소나무, 굴참나무, 졸참나무, 서어나무, 신갈나무 등이 우점하고 있었다. 이 지역에서 굴참나무, 소나무가 부분적으로 우점종으로 분포하고 있으나 소나무의 상대우점치는 점점 작아지고 상대적으로 굴참나무, 졸참나무, 서어나무, 신갈나무의 우점치가 점차 커질 것으로 예상된다. 수종간의 상관관계에서는 굴참나무와 쇠물푸레, 단풍나무와 대팻집나무, 사람주나무와 산딸나무, 산딸나무와 굴피나무, 팥배나무와 서어나무 등의 수종들 간에는 높은 정의상관이 인정되었고, 소나무와 서어나무, 쇠물푸레와 서어나무, 신갈나무와 팥배나무, 대팻집나무와 팥배나무간에는 약한 부의상관이 인정되었다. 조사지의 군락별 종다양성지수는 $0.665{\sim}1.169$범위로 나타났다.

BioCC: An Openfree Hypertext Bio Community Cluster for Biology

  • Gong Sung-Sam;Kim Tae-Hyung;Oh Jung-Su;Kwon Je-Keun;Cho Su-An;Bolser Dan;Bhak Jong
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • 제4권3호
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    • pp.125-128
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    • 2006
  • We present an openfree hypertext (also known as wiki) web cluster called BioCC. BioCC is a novel wiki farm that lets researchers create hundreds of biological web sites. The web sites form an organic information network. The contents of all the sites on the BioCC wiki farm are modifiable by anonymous as well as registered users. This enables biologists with diverse backgrounds to form their own Internet bio-communities. Each community can have custom-made layouts for information, discussion, and knowledge exchange. BioCC aims to form an ever-expanding network of openfree biological knowledge databases used and maintained by biological experts, students, and general users. The philosophy behind BioCC is that the formation of biological knowledge is best achieved by open-minded individuals freely exchanging information. In the near future, the amount of genomic information will have flooded society. BioGG can be an effective and quickly updated knowledge database system. BioCC uses an opensource wiki system called Mediawiki. However, for easier editing, a modified version of Mediawiki, called Biowiki, has been applied. Unlike Mediawiki, Biowiki uses a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) text editor. BioCC is under a share-alike license called BioLicense (http://biolicense.org). The BioCC top level site is found at http://bio.cc/

Genome-Wide Association Studies of the Korea Association REsource (KARE) Consortium

  • Hong, Kyung-Won;Kim, Hyung-Lae;Oh, Berm-Seok
    • Genomics & Informatics
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    • 제8권3호
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    • pp.101-102
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    • 2010
  • During the last decade, large community cohorts have been established by the Korea National Institutes of Health (KNIH), and enormous epidemiological and clinical data have been accumulated. Using these information and samples in the cohorts, KNIH set out to do a large-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 2007, and the Korea Association REsource (KARE) consortium was launched to analyze the data to identify the underlying genetic risk factors of diseases and diverse health indexes, such as blood pressure, obesity, bone density, and blood biochemical traits. The consortium consisted of 6 research divisions, formed by 25 principal investigators in 19 organizations, including 18 universities, 2 institutes, and 1 company. Each division focused on one of the following subjects: the identification of genetic factors, the statistical analysis of gene-gene interactions, the genetic epidemiology of gene-environment interactions, copy number variation, the bioinformatics related to a GWAS, and a GWAS of nutrigenomics. In this special issue, the study results of the KARE consortium are provided as 9 articles. We hope that this special issue might encourage the genomics community to share data and scientists, including clinicians, to analyze the valuable Korean data of KARE.

Development and Validation of an Instrument to Measure Nursing Information Literacy Competency

  • Jo, Meanjung;Ha, Yeongmi
    • 지역사회간호학회지
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    • 제30권1호
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    • pp.25-37
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    • 2019
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument for measuring nursing information literacy competency, and then to examine the validity and reliability of the instrument. Methods: The developmental process of the instrument includes construction of a conceptual framework, generation of initial items, verification of content validity, preliminary study, extraction of final items, and psychometric testing. Its content validity was verified by three experts from nursing and nursing informatics. Its construct, convergent, and discriminant validity was examined in confirmatory factor analysis. Finally, its criterion validity was measured with Pearson's correlation. The tool's reliability was examined by Cronbach's ${\alpha}$. The participants include 382 nurses from four hospitals and one university hospital. Results: Twenty seven items in total were selected for the final scale, and the results of the confirmatory factor analysis were supported with acceptable model fit, which were named competency for identifying problem, potential sources for information, searching fine information, evaluating information, acquising and managing of information, using information ethically, and integrating new information. The convergent, discriminant and criterion validities were also supported. The Cronbach's ${\alpha}$ coefficient was .93. Conclusion: The instrument is valid and reliable to comprehensively assess nurses' information literacy competency, and to provide a basic direction for developing nursing information literacy program.

Smoking Trajectories among Koreans in Seoul and California: Exemplifying a Common Error in Age Parameterization

  • Allem, Jon-Patrick;Ayers, John W.;Unger, Jennifer B.;Irvin, Veronica L.;Hofstetter, C. Richard;Hovell, Melbourne F.
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • 제13권5호
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    • pp.1851-1856
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    • 2012
  • Immigration to a nation with a stronger anti-smoking environment has been hypothesized to make smoking less common. However, little is known about how environments influence risk of smoking across the lifecourse. Research suggested a linear decline in smoking over the lifecourse but these associations, in fact, might not be linear. This study assessed the possible nonlinear associations between age and smoking and examined how these associations differed by environment through comparing Koreans in Seoul, South Korea and Korean Americans in California, United States. Data were drawn from population based telephone surveys of Korean adults in Seoul (N=500) and California (N=2,830) from 2001-2002. Locally weighted scatterplot smoothing (lowess) was used to approximate the association between age and smoking with multivariable spline logistic regressions, including adjustment for confounds used to draw population inferences. Smoking differed across the lifecourse between Korean and Korean American men. The association between age and smoking peaked around 35 years among Korean and Korean American men. From 18 to 35 the probability of smoking was 57% higher (95%CI, 40 to 71) among Korean men versus 8% (95%CI, 3 to 19) higher among Korean American men. A similar difference in age after 35, from 40 to 57 years of age, was associated with a 2% (95%CI, 0 to 10) and 20% (95%CI, 16 to 25) lower probability of smoking among Korean and Korean American men. A nonlinear pattern was also observed among Korean American women. Social role transitions provide plausible explanations for the decline in smoking after 35. Investigators should be mindful of nonlinearities in age when attempting to understand tobacco use.

Google Search Trends Predicting Disease Outbreaks: An Analysis from India

  • Verma, Madhur;Kishore, Kamal;Kumar, Mukesh;Sondh, Aparajita Ravi;Aggarwal, Gaurav;Kathirvel, Soundappan
    • Healthcare Informatics Research
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    • 제24권4호
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    • pp.300-308
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    • 2018
  • Objectives: Prompt detection is a cornerstone in the control and prevention of infectious diseases. The Integrated Disease Surveillance Project of India identifies outbreaks, but it does not exactly predict outbreaks. This study was conducted to assess temporal correlation between Google Trends and Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) data and to determine the feasibility of using Google Trends for the prediction of outbreaks or epidemics. Methods: The Google search queries related to malaria, dengue fever, chikungunya, and enteric fever for Chandigarh union territory and Haryana state of India in 2016 were extracted and compared with presumptive form data of the IDSP. Spearman correlation and scatter plots were used to depict the statistical relationship between the two datasets. Time trend plots were constructed to assess the correlation between Google search trends and disease notification under the IDSP. Results: Temporal correlation was observed between the IDSP reporting and Google search trends. Time series analysis of the Google Trends showed strong correlation with the IDSP data with a lag of -2 to -3 weeks for chikungunya and dengue fever in Chandigarh (r > 0.80) and Haryana (r > 0.70). Malaria and enteric fever showed a lag period of -2 to -3 weeks with moderate correlation. Conclusions: Similar results were obtained when applying the results of previous studies to specific diseases, and it is considered that many other diseases should be studied at the national and sub-national levels.

코로나백신 접종 영향 요인 및 백신접종에 따른 건강 행태: 2021년 지역사회건강조사를 활용하여 (COVID-19 Vaccination Influencing Factors and Health Behavior by COVID-19 Vaccination: Using the 2021 Community Health Survey)

  • 박초열;이소은
    • 보건의료생명과학 논문지
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.315-327
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    • 2022
  • 본 연구는 2021년 지역사회건강조사 자료를 활용하여, 인구사회학적 특성 및 건강상태 등 코로나백신 접종 영향 요인에 대해 분석하고, 코로나백신 접종여부에 따른 방역수칙의 준수 및 건강행태 영향, 감염에 대한 인식을 알아보았다. 연구대상자는 지역사회건강조사 대상자 중 203,449명으로 하였고, 분석은 카이제곱분석, 로지스틱 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 조사대상자 중 92.4%가 코로나백신접종을 하였고, 성별, 연령, 교육수준, 가구소득, 기초생활수급, 경제활동, 결혼상태, 미충족의료, 건강검진, 인플루엔자예방접종, 고혈압, 주관적 건강상태가 코로나백신 접종에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 코로나 백신 비실시군에서 방역수칙 및 건강행태 수준, 코로나 감염 염려가 백신 실시군보다 낮게 나타나 조사결과를 활용하여 코로나백신 접종 유도를 위한 정책수립, 교육 및 홍보 방법 등의 연구가 요구된다.

고혈압·당뇨병 신규 환자 발견 이후 지역사회 협력을 통한 등록관리가 치료순응도 및 혈압 및 혈당 조절에 미치는 영향 (Impact of Registration Program after Hypertensive or Diabetic Patient Detection through Community Partnership on Compliance and Blood Pressure or Blood Sugar Control)

  • 홍두호;서화정;강경희;김은주;임정수;오대규;임준
    • 농촌의학ㆍ지역보건
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    • 제33권3호
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    • pp.316-323
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    • 2008
  • = ABSTRACT = Objectives : Incheon metropolitan city has set a model program of community partnership for hypertensive or diabetic patients detection and follow-up since 2005. This study examines the effects of the model on the compliance and the control of blood pressure or blood sugar level Methods : Telephone-surveys were done for 140 persons selected from 408 patients who were detected newly as hypertensive or diabetic patients at Gangwha-Gun and Seo-Gu in Incheon between January 1st and August 31th in 2006, and finally completed in 110 patients(78.6%). Survey questionnaires included socio-demographic(age, gender, and educational level), health behavioral (smoking, drinking, physical activity, and diet), and therapy-related (registration state, compliance, blood pressure or blood sugar control) variables. Odds ratio and 95% CI were derived from logistic regression model. Results : Registered group exhibited high compliance and well managed blood pressure or blood sugar level. The odds ratio of registration were 5.55(95% CI:1.83~16.89) for compliance and 3.78(95% CI:1.43~9.99) for blood pressure or blood sugar control after adjusting for age, gender, disease, and area Conclusions : It is independently related to compliance and blood pressure or blood sugar control whether the patient is registered or not. To control hypertension or diabetes mellitus in terms of compliance and control state, a community-based registration program through community partnership could be a powerful tool.