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Effects of Feedback Types on Users' Subjective Responses in a Voice User Interface (음성 사용자 인터페이스 내 피드백 유형이 사용자의 주관적 반응에 미치는)

  • Lee, Dasom;Lee, Sangwon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2017.10a
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    • pp.219-222
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    • 2017
  • This study aimed to demonstrate the effect of feedback type on users' subjective responses in a voice user interface. Feedback type is classified depend on information characteristic it involves; verification feedback and elaboration feedback. Error type is categorized as recognition error and performance error. Users' subjective assessment about system, feedback acceptance, and intention to use were measured as dependent variables. The results of experiment showed that feedback type has impacts on the subjective assessment(likeability, habitability, system response accuracy) of VUI, feedback acceptance, and intention to use. the results also demonstrated an interaction effect of feedback type and error type on the feedback acceptance. It leads to the conclusion that VUI should be designed with the elaboration feedback about error situation.

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Occupant comfort evaluation and wind-induced serviceability design optimization of tall buildings

  • Huang, M.F.;Chan, C.M.;Kwok, Kenny C.S.
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.559-582
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    • 2011
  • This paper presents an integrated wind-induced dynamic analysis and computer-based design optimization technique for minimizing the structural cost of general tall buildings subject to static and dynamic serviceability design criteria. Once the wind-induced dynamic response of a tall building structure is accurately determined and the optimal serviceability design problem is explicitly formulated, a rigorously derived Optimality Criteria (OC) method is to be developed to achieve the optimal distribution of element stiffness of the structural system satisfying the wind-induced drift and acceleration design constraints. The effectiveness and practicality of the optimal design technique are illustrated by a full-scale 60-story building with complex 3D mode shapes. Both peak resultant acceleration criteria and frequency dependent modal acceleration criteria are considered and their influences on the optimization results are highlighted. Results have shown that the use of various acceleration criteria has different implications in the habitability evaluations and subsequently different optimal design solutions. The computer based optimization technique provides a powerful tool for the lateral drift and occupant comfort design of tall building structures.

A study on the Residential Satisfaction and Demands for the Comprehensive Apartment Improvement Planning (공동주택 거주자의 주거환경 만족도 및 개선요구를 통한 공동주택 장기수선 계획 연구)

  • Yoon Chung-Sook;Kim Soo-Jeong;Shin Soo-Young;Kim Suk-Kyung;Abrams Robin F.
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.37-46
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    • 2006
  • The primary purpose of this study is to provide the managerial guidelines for the comprehensive apartment improvement planning. This plan will consider the time-serial apartment management plan. Through a questionnaire survey, residential satisfactions and demands on apartment units, apartment building and site amenities were investigated. Based on the statistical analysis, residents' demands were assessed. The resident groups were categorized into the three groups considering the apartments' life span where they were living. The results from the statistical analysis were finally compared with the long-term apartment management plan demonstrated in the Housing Code of the Ministry of Construction and Transportation. The major findings of this study were as follows. First, residential satisfaction on the equipments in apartment units was higher than that on the unit plans. Residents' satisfaction on the communal facilities in apartment sites was lower than that on the other factors. Thus, apartment unit plans and communal facilities in sites need to be improved. Second, though we had the three residents' groups, for the results of the residential satisfaction, the groups were divided into two groups: 'less than 10 years group'and 'over than 10 years group'. Considering the residents' demands for the apartment improvement according to the life span of apartment complexes, the habitability factor was demanded by 'the less than 10 years group' and the safety factor by 'the over than 10 years group'. Compared the residents' demands for apartment improvements with the long-term apartment management plan demonstrated in the Housing Code, the improvement cycles demanded by residents were shorter than those in the code. Thus, the management plan in the code should be reconsidered.

A Study on the Analysis the Space Concept of Usonian House Floor Plans of Frank Lloyd Wright (프랭크 로이드 라이트의 유소니언 주택 평면의 공간 개념 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Hwang, Yong-Woon
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.12-20
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the general patterns of the floor plans and space of Usonian house which designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. this thesis can be summarized as follows : 1) F.L.Wright's houses mostly used simple geometric shapes as the basis for most of his architectural designs. In his early works, his typical floor plans were square or rectangular shapes, which gradually were transformed into various kinds of shape to make the adjustment of location of the site and shape. 2) The general patterns of floor plans of his U-houses were L-shaped or straight shaped using a $4{\times}4$ grid system. Most of U-houses consisted of 3 space: living room, workspace(Kitchen) & dining, and bedroom. Among them, a workspace worked as core role in each house. 3) Even though solid wall is the opposite concept of the transparent glass but most U-houses were designed to have solid walls on one side to provide a gallery space(to secure habitability of resident) and transparent glass walls used on the other side to connect between interior space and natural space of exterior. 4) The cantilever have not been used before Usonian house but F.L.Wright used it which take charge of functions as transfer space between inside space and outside space. 5) F.L.Wright saw the nature as a truth, so he thought the interior space would be natural and all houses must be able to adjust to the natural environment.

Derivation of Urban Regeneration Scenario for the Improvement of Habitability in Hinterland of Port City -Donggu and Namgu District of Busan Metropolitan City as the Subjects- (항만배후지역의 거주성 향상을 위한 도시재생 시나리오 도출 -부산광역시 동구와 남구를 대상으로-)

  • Hwang, Sun Ah;Kim, Jong Gu;Shin, Eun Ho
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.37 no.6
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    • pp.1095-1108
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    • 2017
  • The harbor back area is not a planned space, but rather a space created by harbor space development. For this reason, the residential environment in the area behind the port has been very poor from the past to the present. Recently, the redevelopment has been increasing in accordance with the function of the port space. However, the development of the domestic port space is limited to the port space, and there is still little preparation for improvement of the residential environment in the port area. In this study, the degree of decline of the port area was diagnosed and analyzed for the purpose of deriving urban regeneration scenarios to improve the residential environment of port - backed areas. The urban regeneration factor to improve the livability of the port - backed area, which has been declining since then, was derived, and the scenarios in which each factor was applied were constructed.

A Control Room Dose Assessment for a 1300 MWe PWR Following a Loss of Coolant Accident (냉각재(冷却材) 상실사고시(喪失事故時) 1300 MWe 급(級) PWR원전(原電) 주제어실(主制御室)의 선량평가(線量評價))

  • Chang, Si-Young;Ha, Chung-Woo
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.34-45
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    • 1989
  • The habitability of a reactor control room in a French 1300 MWe P'4 type PWR has been evaluated through the exposure dose assessment for the reactor operator following a Loss of Coolant Accident. The main hypotheses adopted in this evaluation are based on the French Standard Safety Analysis Report. A simple computer program, named COREX(Control Room EXposure), was developed to calculate : the time-integrated radioactivities released from the reactor building, the volume factors for radionuclides concerned and the resulting time-integrated external whole body and internal thyroid doses to the reactor operators staying in the control room up to 30 days following the LOCA. The results obtained in this study, on the whole, well agreed with those proposed by the EDF(Electricite de France) except for the case of the whole body exposure, which was attributed to the differences in the volume factors for the radionuclides concerned.

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Analysis of Semi-Rigid Connections on 3D Floating Structures (3차원 플로팅 구조물의 반강접 접합부 해석)

  • Park, Jong-Seo;Song, Hwa-Cheol
    • Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.175-180
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    • 2012
  • The shape of floating superstructure is the same as other buildings, but the foundation is based not on land but on a floating body. Unlike inland structures, they are largely influenced by the wave load. Deformation of the floating pontoon due to the wave loads affects the connection, which in turn causes problems related to the habitability and safety to the superstructure users. Accordingly, this study conducted elastic analysis regarding rigid connection and semi-rigid connection by the integration analysis that combined together the superstructure and pontoon of the 3-D floating structure. Moreover, this study investigated the results of the separation analysis excluding pontoon and the integration analysis. In addition, elasticity analysis was used to divide up the wave loads cases, and to classify the moment and displacement of the structure depending on connection following the changes in the wave loads.

Vibration Characteristics and the Serviceability Evaluation of High-rise Building during Strong Wind (강풍시 고층건물의 진동특성 및 사용성 평가)

  • Yoon, Sung-Won;Kim, Do-Hyun;Jeong, Sug-Chang;Kim, Dong-Won
    • Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.57-65
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    • 2007
  • After measuring wind induced response for a high-rise steel building, the damping ratio and natural frequency were analyzed in this paper. In order to examine amplitude dependence, random decrement method was used. Two methods were analyzed by comparing dynamic properties from random decrement method and half powered-band width method. In addition, through serviceability evaluation during strong wind, compatibility of two methods to Japanese guidelines for the evaluation of habitability to building vibration and national building code of Canada was considered. The amplitude dependence of the damping ratio by RD method was shown and the amplitude dependence of the natural frequency was relatively very small in an aspect of engineering sense. Moreover, the measured building was satisfied with serviceability and Japanese guideline is stricter than NBCC code.

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A Study on the Improvement Plan for the Practical Use of Inner and Outer-Temporary Housing (실내·외 임시주거시설의 실용성 향상을 위한 개선방안에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Boongkyo;Yeom, Taejun
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.409-420
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    • 2018
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to present improvement measures for enhancing practicality through case analysis of Inner and Outer-Temporary Housing. Method: First, the basic functions and types of Temporary Housing, were discussed through prior research analysis. Second, a practicality problem was derived by analyzing cases of Temporary Housing. Third, improvement measures were proposed to ensure the practicality of Temporary Housing based on the problems identified. Results: Factors such as habitability, economics, construct ability and operation methods that should ultimately be improved in Temporary Housing, and these elements were divided into production, transportation, construction, and storage according to the life cycle, suggesting matters to be improved in order to improve practicality at each stage. Conclusion: The proposed improvements are considered to help develop inner and outer-temporary housing.

The Aesthetics of the Resurrection of Ecological Imagination: Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping (생태학적 상상력의 소생의 미학 -메릴린 로빈슨의 『하우스키핑』)

  • Lee, Chung-Hee
    • Journal of English Language & Literature
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    • v.57 no.1
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    • pp.73-105
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this paper is to contend the importance of resurrection of fluid identity and ecological imagination for making the habitable biosphere in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping. Ruth as a narrator suggests the future-oriented vision that the environment and nature(mother) can be resurrected, crossing Fingerbone bridge of the boundary line of society/nature as a faithful follower of her aunt Sylvie and becoming the existence with a transparent voice despite of her absence. This novel is to rewrite the American pastoral. Based on the patriarchical way despite of the absence of Edmund Foster, Sylvia's conventional housekeeping is to divide between inside and outside of the house. Nevertheless, Sylvia's relentless efforts to keep her house intact turns out to be fragile. Contrasting with Sylvia, Sylvie's housekeeping is to recognize the continuity of inside and outside. She willingly accepts the reconciliation of the self, the nature and the society. After Ruth and Lucille's staying at night in the lake, they are diverged into going their own way. Ruth accepts Sylvie as a substitute mother. Lucille leaves the house voluntarily and go to her Home Economics teacher, Miss Royce, pursuing the ideal mother of symbolic society. Sylvie and Ruth has the more intimate bond, with their trip to the deserted house in the valley. Ruth meditates on the non-solidity of house and the resurrection of her family. Leaving their house to escape from the town people's legal enforcement, Sylvie and Ruth become transients. Although their history is completed by the drown-death publicly, they always want to visit Lucille's well kept house in Fingerbone. Therefore the method for making Ruth and Sylvie as the existences of ecological imagination return to the real world is to accept the reconciliation of nature and society. This novel is not limited as the binary opposition of vagrance/stability and transience/durability. The significant element of fluid identity can be composed of the interactions with transience and stability.