• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.172-186
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• 2022

Benthic macroinvertebrates are important ecological and environmental indicators as primary or secondary consumers, and therefore are widely used in the evaluation of aquatic environments. However, there are no comprehensive river ecosystem monitoring surveys that link the major physicochemical water quality items with benthic macroinvertebrates in urban streams. Therefore, this study investigated the distribution characteristics of benthic macroinvertebrates and physicochemical water quality items (17 items) in Yangjaecheon and Yeouicheon from 2019 to 2020. At the same time, by applying Spearman's rank correlation analysis and nonmetric multidimensional scaling (nMDS) analysis in the water quality data and biotic index, we tried to provide basic data for diagnosing the current status of river ecosystems in major urban rivers in Seoul. Based on the study results, a total of 39 species and 3,787 individuals were identified in Yangjaecheon, the water quality(based on BOD, TOC, and TP) of Yangjaecheon was higher than Grade Ib(good), and the BMI using benthic macroinvertebrates appeared as Grade C(normal) at all the sites. In Yeouicheon, a total of 51 species and 4,199 individuals were identified, the water quality(based on BOD, TOC, TP) was higher than Grade Ib(good) similar to Yangjaecheon, and the BMI of both Upstream and Saewon bridge was Grade B(good), while Yeoui bridge was Grade C(normal). Overall, analysis results for the distribution of benthic macroinvertebrates by a nonmetric multidimensional scaling method showed no significant difference between the two streams (p=0.1491). Also, significant environmental variables related to benthic macroinvertebrates distribution were determined as water temperature and DO. On the other hand, the results of the correlation analysis between biotic index and major water quality items confirmed that R1 and BMI could be used for on-site urban river water quality evaluation.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.16 no.7
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• pp.799-803
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• 2010

The KDB-tree is a traditional indexing scheme for retrieving multidimensional data. Much research for KDB-tree family frequently addresses the low storage utilization and insufficient retrieval performance as their two bottlenecks. The bottlenecks occur due to a number of unnecessary splits caused by data insertion orders and data skewness. In this paper, we propose a novel index structure, called as $KDB_{CS}^+$-tree, to process skewed data efficiently and improve the retrieval performance. The $KDB_{CS}^+$-tree increases the number of fan-outs by exploiting bit-vectors for representing splitting information and pointer elimination. It also improves the storage utilization by representing entries as a hierarchical structure in each internal node.

• Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.167-172
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between subjective and objective evaluation in speakers with voice disorders. Subjective evaluation indicates the self-reports of voice problems by dysphonic speakers. The relating protocol is the Voice Handicap Index (VHI) and the self-awareness index of voice problems (SAIVP-14). A total of 48 individuals with voice disorders replied to the questionnaire and participated in a voice assessment. Objective evaluations included the perceptual judgement of G grade in GRBAS, acoustic measurements (jitter, shimmer, NHR) by MDVP (CSL 4400), and aerodynamic measurements (MPT, MFR, psub) by PAS (Phonatory Aerodynamic System, KayPentax, USA). Pearson and Spearman correlations were used for the analysis. In the correlation with perceptual judgement (G grade) and VHI-Total, VHI-Physical, and SAIVP-14, there was a significant correlation, but the overall correlation was poor. NHR, jitter, and shimmer were significantly correlated with overall VHI and SAIVP-14. Specifically, the correlation with shimmer was stronger compared to the other measurements. In aerodynamic measures, MFR and MPT showed a significant correlation with VHI-Total, VHI-Emotional, and SAIVP-14, but their correlation was poor. The results of this study suggested that subjective evaluation of self voice problems is meaningfully correlated with objective evaluations, but more data in the multidimensional voice assessment should be collected and analyzed for the reliability and validity of the voice handicap questionnaire.

• Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.206-215
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• 2017

Purpose: This study aimed to verify the predictive validity of Comprehensive Korean Frailty Instrument (CKFI) among older adults. Methods: A secondary analysis of data from a prospective cohort study was conducted. Frailty was determined in older adults (N=9,188) according to the data in 2008 and the effects of frailty on adverse outcomes (such as institutionalization and death) were evaluated according to the data in 2011. The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) index was used to compare with the predictive validity of CKFI. Results: The prevalence of frailty was 26.3%. With the CKFI, the frail group had a higher risk of negative health outcomes compared to the robust and pre-frail groups after three years. The two of the highest risks identified using the CKFI and CHS index were institutionalization (5.522 times higher) and mortality (3.210 times higher). For both instruments, the survival analysis revealed that the risk of death increased as the degree of frailty increased. Conclusion: The CKFI consisting of self-report items and multidimensional aspects of frailty can be used as a simple instrument for assessing the frailty of older adults residing in a local community in Korea.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.677-688
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• 2022

Precarious employment is negatively associated with mental health including depression. The aim of the study is to suggest the multidimensional definition of precarious employment and examine its impacts on depression. Using the fifth save of the Korean Working Condition Survey, we first measured six different dimensions of employment precariousness: temporariness, disempowerment, vulnerability, difficulty exercising rights, unpredictability of working times, and low wage. All of six precariousness indicators consisted of a scale from 0 to 100. Then, we conducted logistic regression to examine the association between employment precariousness and depression. For men, the risk of depression increased by 3.1%, 1%, and 0.5%, respectively, for each one point increase in vulnerability, difficulty in exercising rights, and unpredictability of working times. For women, the risk increased by 0.5%, 2.3%, and 0.8%, respectively, for each one point increase in temporariness, vulnerability, and difficulty in exercising rights. Our findings suggest that not only a secure employment contract, but also their substantive labor rights should be guaranteed for health for workers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.83-85
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• 2000

최근접 질의(nearest neighbor query)는 멀티미디어 데이터베이스에서 주어진 질의 객체와 가장 유사한 객체를 찾기 위한 매우 중요한 연산으로 사용된다. 대부분의 최근접 질의 처리 기법들은 객체의 효과적인 인덱싱을 위하여 다차원 인덱스(multidimensional index)를 사용한다. 그러나 N차원 시각형 혹은 원을 사용하여 객체 클러스터의 캡슐을 표현하는 기존의 다차원 인덱스들은 차원 수가 높아짐에 따라 검색 성능이 크게 떨어진다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하는 새로운 인덱스 구조를 제시하고, 이를 이용하는 최근접 질의 처리 방안을 제안한다. 또한, 다양한 실험에 의한 성능 평가를 통하여 제안된 기법의 우수성을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.04b
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• pp.64-66
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• 2002

최근 다차원 공간색인 방법의 성능 향상을 위해 근사법을 사용하여 노드의 팬아웃을 증가시키려는 시도가 많이 행해졌다. 하지만 이러한 방법은 색인 구조의 정확성이 떨어져 불필요한 노드를 방문할 확률을 높다는 단점이 있다 본 논문에서는 정적 데이터에 대하여 노드의 팬아웃을 증가시키기 위해 하향식 STR 공간분할방법을 사용한 새로운 색인 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법은 공간분할방법을 사용하므로 근사법을 이용한 방법에 비해 정확성이 높을 백 아기라 하향식 계층 STR을 제안하여 STR 공간 분할방법을 효율적으로 트리 구조에 적용할 수 있도록 하였다. 이 피에도 이중분할 방법을 제안하여 점 데이터 및 사각형 데이터의 색인을 가능하게 딸 딱 아니라 사상 공간을 줄여 불필요한 노드의 방문을 막아 성능을 향상시켰다.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.20 no.B
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• pp.219-226
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• 2000

In this paper, we propose a new novel method for similarity search that supports time warping. Our primary goal is to innovate on search performance in large databases without false dismissal. To attain this goal, we devise a new distance function $D_{tw-lb}$ that consistently underestimates the time warping distance and also satisfies the triangular inequality. $D_{tw-lb}$ uses a 4-tuple feature vector extracted from each sequence and is invariant to time warping. For efficient processing, we employ a multidimensional index that uses the 4-tuple feature vector as indexing attributes and $D_{tw-lb}$ as a distance function. We prove that our method does not incur false dismissal. To verify the superiority of our method, we perform extensive experiments. The results reveal that our method achieves significant speedup up to 43 times with real-world S&P 500 stock data.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.10c
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• pp.34-36
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• 2002

사용자에게 제공되고 있는 대부분의 시간 지리 정보 시스템은 소프트웨어 형태로 패키지화하여 제공되므로 과다한 구축비용과 재사용성의 문제점을 가지고 있다. 그리고 시간 지리 정보 시스템은 복잡하며 대용량인 특성을 가진 시공간 데이터를 처리해야만 한다. 따라서 시공간 데이터의 효율적인 관리 및 재사용성을 위해서 소프트웨어 부품화물 제공하는 컴포넌트 개발 방법론을 사용해야하며 시공간 데이터에 빠르게 접근하기 위한 인덱스 구조가 필요하다. 이 논문에서는 시공간 데이터를 효율적으로 관리하기 위하여 4차원 시공간 객체에 대한 인덱스를 컴포넌트 개발 방법론을 적용하여 설계하였다. 그리고 다차원 인덱스를 이용하는 4D 데이터 제공자를 COM 기반의 OLE DB 인터페이스를 이용하여 구현하고 성능을 평가하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.10c
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• pp.298-300
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• 2002

다차원 데이터를 배열에 저장하는 Multidimensional OLAP (MOLAP) 시스템은 배열내의 위치 정보를 통해 데이터를 신속하게 엑세스할 수 있는 장점을 갖는다. 그러나 실생활의 다차원 데이터는 대체로 희박하여 저장될 때 압축되고, 데이터가 검색될 때는 원래의 위치 정보를 찾기 위해 인덱스를 필요로 하게 된다. 다양한 종류의 다차원 인덱스가 테이블 형태의 데이터를 대상으로 개발되어 있으나, 이들은 데이터의 삽입과 삭제에 유연하게 대처할 수 있도록 하기 위해서 인덱스 공간과 데이터 검색 시간에 약간의 낭비를 초래한다. 본 연구에서는 OLAP 데이터가 주기적으로 갱신되며, 분석에 필요한 집계 데이터도 점진적으로 갱신되기보다 실제로는 새로 생성되고 있다는 점을 고려하여, 읽기 전용 MOLAP 데이터를 위한 인덱스 구조를 제안한다. 데이터는 청크들로 나뉜 후 압축 저장되며, 각 청크는 위치 정보를 유지하면서 비트로 표현되어 인덱스에 저장되도록 하였다. 제안한 비트맵 인덱스는 높은 압축률을 보이며, 범위 질의(range query)를 포함한 OLAP 주요 연산들 처리에 특히 효율적이다.