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The Digital Cold War Argument and the Internet Governance (디지털 냉전론과 인터넷 거버넌스)

  • Kim, Jae Yeon
    • Review of Korean Society for Internet Information
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.35-51
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    • 2013
  • The Digital Cold War argument has become one of the heatedly discussed foreign policy agendas in the U.S. Considering the authority and power of the U.S. government and Internet companies in the cyberspace, this shift is not negligible in understanding not only the changes in the U.S. foreign and military policies but also that in the operations of the global Internet governance. Given these circumstances, I seek to explain the origins of and test the theoretical validity of the Digital Cold War argument. In particular, I analyze how the political concerns of the Chinese authorities shaped the characteristics of their control of the domestic Internet and their approach to the global Internet governance. The findings indicate that the Chinese way of the Internet governance is more concerned of their domestic political stability than overthrowing the current Internet governance regime, which many supporters of the Digital Cold War argument cited as the key evidence of such political contentions. Though the Digital Cold War argument is theoretically unwarranted, its growing popularity and the historical lessons of the Cold War have broad implications to the understanding of the impacts of the great power rivalries on the future Internet governance.

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GLOBAL THRESHOLD DYNAMICS IN HUMORAL IMMUNITY VIRAL INFECTION MODELS INCLUDING AN ECLIPSE STAGE OF INFECTED CELLS

  • ELAIW, A.M.
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.137-170
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, we propose and analyze three viral infection models with humoral immunity including an eclipse stage of infected cells. The incidence rate of infection is represented by bilinear incidence and saturated incidence in the first and second models, respectively, while it is given by a more general function in the third one. The neutralization rate of viruses is giv0en by bilinear form in the first two models, while it is given by a general function in the third one. For each model, we have derived two threshold parameters, the basic infection reproduction number which determines whether or not a chronic-infection can be established without humoral immunity and the humoral immune response activation number which determines whether or not a chronic-infection can be established with humoral immunity. By constructing suitable Lyapunov functions we have proven the global asymptotic stability of all equilibria of the models. For the third model, we have established a set of conditions on the threshold parameters and on the general functions which are sufficient for the global stability of the equilibria of the model. We have performed some numerical simulations for the third model with specific forms of the incidence and neutralization rates and have shown that the numerical results are consistent with the theoretical results.

Global Ship Vibration Analysis by Using Distributed Fluid Added Mass at Grid Points (유체부가수질량 절점분포 방법에 의한 전선진동해석)

  • Kim, Young-Bok;Choi, Moon-Gil
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.48 no.4
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    • pp.368-374
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    • 2011
  • Recently, the ship vibration analysis technique has been well set up by using FEM. The methods considering the hydrodynamic added mass and damping of the fluid surrounding a floating ship have been well developed, so that they can be calculated by using the commercial package FEM programs such as MSC/NASTRAN, ADINA and ANSYS. Especially, MSC/NASTRAN has the functions to consider the fluid in tanks(MFLUID) and to solve the Fluid-Structure Interaction(FSI) problem(DMAP). In this study, the global ship vibration with considering the added mass distributed at the grid points on the wetted shell surface is introduced to. In the new method, the velocity potentials of the fluid surrounding a floating ship are calculated by solving the Lapalce equation using the Boundary Element Method(BEM), and the point mass is obtained by integrating the potentials at the points. Then, the global vibration analyses of the ship structure with distributed added mass on the wetted surface are carried out for an oil/chemical tanker. During the future sea trial, the results will be confirmed by measurement.

Acoustic Source Power Control and Global Noise Reduction by Selection of Distribution and Impedance of Absorptive Materials in Acoustically Small Enclosures (흡음재의 배치와 임피던스 선정을 통한 음원 방사파워 제어와 전역 소음 감소)

  • 김양한;조성호
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.14 no.8
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    • pp.668-674
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    • 2004
  • The possibility of global noise reduction by the sound power control through selection of distribution and impedance of absorptive materials is discussed. It is necessary to investigate the relation between the global sound energy in the field and the total sound power radiated by sources. In the previous work,$^{(1.2)}$ the authors presented a useful design method to change boundary condition that can be useful to reduce noise in acoustically small enclosures. Changing boundary condition Is related to not only enclosure’s geometrical shape but also acoustical treatment on walls for example, attaching of impedance patches (ex: absorptive material). In many practical situations, we often meet situation to change acoustical treatment on walls. The possibility of total acoustic potential energy(globa1 noise) reduction by acoustic source power control is examined in an acoustically small cavity Using acoustic energy balance equation, the relation between global noise control performance and absorptive material’s arrangement/impedance is deduced. Numerical simulation is performed to interpret its physical meaning in terms of absorbent’s distribution and impedance.

Future Urban Transportation Technologies for Sustainability with an Emphasis on Growing Mega Cities: A Strategic Proposal on Introducing a New Micro Electric Vehicle Segment

  • Honey, Emilio;Lee, Hojin;Suh, In-Soo
    • World Technopolis Review
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.139-152
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    • 2014
  • The current transportation regime is largely based on two alternatives: (1) fixed route public transit, and (2) private ownership of internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicles per households. This paper analyzes one possible transportation alternative, Micro Electric Vehicles or MEVs, and compares with the ICE vehicles in terms of social, economic and environmental benefits, especially emphasizing its environmental advantage over ICE vehicles for future sustainability. While some representative models of MEVs exist in a limited market capacity, but global technical standards are generally insufficient and non-homogenous across nations, which restricts the development of the proposed transportation sector. The focus of this paper is to analyze the characteristics and potential benefits of MEVs in economical and environmental perspectives, including development status and technical standards, with a particular focus in the E.U., the U.S., Japan, and Korea. Based on the data of analysis, this paper aims to derive and propose a cooperative and adaptive global policy framework designed to speed up adoption and expansion of the global MEV market, including passenger and utility vehicles. We propose MEV to be a new mobility segment in the global transportation market because of their advantage in environmental impact, sustainability, overall cost of ownership, and safety.

Educating Healthcare Professionals in Pharmacovigilance: Global Trends and Korea's Status (보건의료인을 위한 약물감시교육의 해외 동향 및 국내 현황)

  • Park, So-Hee;Chung, Kyu Hyuck;Park, Byung-Joo;Kang, Dong Yoon;Shin, Ju-Young
    • Korean Medical Education Review
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.32-45
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    • 2020
  • This narrative review introduces global trends in pharmacovigilance (PV) education for healthcare professionals and the status of PV education in Korea. Proactive participation of healthcare professionals, including physicians, pharmacists, and nurses in reporting suspected adverse events is the main driving force for effective operation of the spontaneous adverse event reporting system database, which in turn facilitates early safety signal detection of otherwise unknown suspected adverse events. The World Health Organization recognizes PV education curriculum as a key aspect in promoting awareness of PV and adverse event reporting among healthcare professionals, and multiple studies have demonstrated that PV educational interventions for healthcare professionals have increased overall adverse event reporting. Considering the global trends in PV education, the curriculum in Korean universities still has room for improvement in promoting PV obligation among future healthcare professionals. Further research is needed to develop PV education curriculum. We suggest a three-step project for innovating PV education in Korea to meet the global PV educational standards: a survey to gauge current PV competencies among healthcare professionals, reform of current PV academic curriculum, and evaluation and fine-tuning of the reformed curriculum.

Development of Localization and Pose Compensation for Mobile Robot using Magnetic Landmarks (마그네틱 랜드마크를 이용한 모바일 로봇의 위치 인식 및 위치 보정 기술의 개발)

  • Kim, Bum-Soo;Choi, Byung-June;You, Won-Suk;Moon, Hyung-Pil;Koo, Ja-Choon;Choi, Hyouk-Ryeol
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.186-196
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, we present a global localization and position error compensation method in a known indoor environment using magnet hall sensors. In previous our researches, it was possible to compensate the pose errors of $x_e$, $y_e$, ${\theta}_e$ correctly on the surface of indoor environment with magnets sets by regularly arrange the magnets sets of identical pattern. To improve the proposed method, new strategy that can realize the global localization by changing arrangement of magnet pole is presented in this paper. Total six patterns of the magnets set form the unique landmarks. Therefore, the virtual map can be built by using the six landmarks randomly. The robots search a pattern of magnets set by rotating, and obtain the current global pose information by comparing the measured neighboring patterns with the map information that is saved in advance. We provide experimental results to show the effectiveness of the proposed method for a differential drive wheeled mobile robot.

Global Engineering Education through Korea-US Joint Programs (해외장기연수를 통한 글로벌 공학교육)

  • Song, Chul-Ki;Kweon, Jin-Hwe
    • Journal of Engineering Education Research
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.25-31
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    • 2008
  • GNU(Gyeongsang National University)-PSU(Pittsburg State University) and GNU-OSU(Ohio State University) joint program are developed for our global engineering education. Though the SAE Baja program and the engineering management program with PSU, and the mechanical engineering program with OSU, our students have learned the capstone design, the engineering management, and the mechanical engineering as well as English conversation. After these joint programs, our students have improved English ability and have got good jobs as global leaders.

An Edge Histogram Descriptor for MPEG-7 (MPEG-7을 위한 에지 히스토그램 서술자)

  • 박동권;전윤석;박수준;원치선
    • Journal of Broadcast Engineering
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.31-40
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    • 2000
  • In this paper, we propose an edge histogram to efficiently represent the edge distribution in the image for MPEG-7. To this end, we adopt global, semi-global, and local edge histogram bins. Also, we extract the edge information from the image in terms of image blocks rather than pixels, which reduces the extraction complexity and is also applicable to the block-based compression standards such as MPEG-1, and 2. Experimental results show that the proposed method yields better retrieval accuracy and feature extraction speed comparing to other non-homogeneous texture descriptors of MPEG-7 including the wavelet-based descriptor and local edge-based descriptor.

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An Automatic OSD Verification Method using Computer Vision Techniques (컴퓨터 비전 기술을 이용한 OSD Menu 자동검증 기법)

  • Lee, Jin-Seok;Kang, Duek-Cheol;Cho, Yun-Seok;Kim, Ho-Joon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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    • 2005.11a
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    • pp.275-278
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    • 2005
  • 본 연구는 디스플레이 제품의 개발 및 생산과정에서 OSD 메뉴문자의 오류 유무를 검사하는 과정을 컴퓨터 비전기술을 사용하여 자동화하는 방법을 제안한다. 디스플레이 제품의 OSD 메뉴는 순차적인 제어과정을 통해서 제한된 디스플레이 영역에 여러 종류의 언어와 기호를 포함하는 형태로 출력된다. 기존의 제품개발 과정에서 이러한 메뉴 항목의 정확성을 검증하는 작업은 작업자의 육안에 의한 판단과 수작업에 의해 이루어지고 있는데, 이는 반복작업에 의한 집중력 저하 및 판단착오에 의한 오류의 가능성을 내재한다. 또한 작업자가 다양한 나라의 언어에 대한 문자형태와 기호표현의 특성을 이해하여야 하고, 검증작업 자체에 따르는 부수적인 시간과 노력을 필요로 한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 디스플레이 제품의 OSD 메뉴와 같이 특수한 구조를 갖는 문서영상에 대한 논리적인 구조분석을 통해서 연속적인 문서영상을 발생시키는 작업스케쥴러를 생성하고, 작업스케쥴러에 의해 순차적으로 발생된 영상문서에 대한 전처리, OSD 메뉴의 기하학적 구조분석 및 문자영역을 추출하는 방법과, 표준패턴 구축 및 원형정합에 의한 문자의 오류를 검증하는 방법과 오류를 관리하는 기법을 제안한다.

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