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Classification of Cognitive States from fMRI data using Fisher Discriminant Ratio and Regions of Interest

  • Do, Luu Ngoc;Yang, Hyung Jeong
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.56-63
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    • 2012
  • In recent decades, analyzing the activities of human brain achieved some accomplishments by using the functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) technique. fMRI data provide a sequence of three-dimensional images related to human brain's activity which can be used to detect instantaneous cognitive states by applying machine learning methods. In this paper, we propose a new approach for distinguishing human's cognitive states such as "observing a picture" versus "reading a sentence" and "reading an affirmative sentence" versus "reading a negative sentence". Since fMRI data are high dimensional (about 100,000 features in each sample), extremely sparse and noisy, feature selection is a very important step for increasing classification accuracy and reducing processing time. We used the Fisher Discriminant Ratio to select the most powerful discriminative features from some Regions of Interest (ROIs). The experimental results showed that our approach achieved the best performance compared to other feature extraction methods with the average accuracy approximately 95.83% for the first study and 99.5% for the second study.

An Art of Arbitration:Dispute Resolutions in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

  • Yeon, Jeom-Suk
    • International Commerce and Information Review
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.457-466
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    • 2005
  • The main narrative of Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice deals with a dispute over the matter of bond in regard to moneylending, and its consequences upon the eventual default. Only the clever interference of a lawyer or judge brings the crisis to an end. In solving his dispute over the bond between Antonio, the merchant of Venice, and Shylock, the money lender and a Jew, Shakespeare offers one of the most famous trial scenes in literature. This trial scene presents the art of arbitration by Portia who was disguised as a Doctor of Law and sheds light on the nature of law, justice, equity, and divine law. What one cannot overlook in this trial scene is the importance of reading ability. After all, interpretation is the next stage of reading. Drawing just verdicts and wise arbitration while at the same time deconstructing the implicit violence and incongruity in law is based on ceaseless effort of analytic and creative act of reading.

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Study of Reading Aids for Improve Text Readability on a Small Screen Mobile Device (Small Screen Mobile 환경에서 가독성을 높이기 위한 Reading Aids의 연구)

  • Kim, Jong-Gon;Choi, Sun-Hyang;Min, Young-Sam
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.02a
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    • pp.147-151
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    • 2008
  • There are many attempts to transfer many applications from PC to mobile which has small screen, cause of a development of mobile technology. To display the whole information of the PC on the tiny screen, it makes many Horizontal Scroll, Horizontal Scroll in mobile screen makes people to miss where they are reading easily and such a frequent error makes readability of the information in mobile screen low. We suggest a Line Marker to help readability of the mobile screen high. This study shows the relationship between the conditions of Line Marker such as fixed or moved or not exists and the factors of the reading time and satisfaction.

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Automatic Piped Water Meter Reading System Based on IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol (IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol 기반 원격 수도검침 System)

  • Seon, Yong-Ju;Lee, Ho-Eung;Park, Soo-Jin;Park, Hyun-Ju
    • 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.02a
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    • pp.304-308
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, we present measurement method of the amount of used piped water and the communications environment for automatic piped water meter reading. The existing piped water meter reading which is carried out by the human in person by monitoring the amount of use and recording make the problem of an error of the figure and being short of staffed to carry out piped water meter reading. To solve the existing problem in this paper, the amount of used piped water is converted into data type by Photo Interrupt Sensor, and IEEE 802.15.4 Protocol is used to confirm the measurement in remote place.

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A Study of the Factor on Behavioral Change of the Psychiatric in-patient (정신과 입원환자의 행동변화에 영향을 주는 요소에 관한 연구)

  • 이소우;김태경
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.84-92
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    • 1984
  • This article examined relationships between selected variables, such as demographic background, care, treatment variables, environmental characteristics, and patient's daily behavior and mood change. Relationship were determined between independent variabltherapeutic-rapeutie approach, demographic data, environmental management approach-,and dependent variable-patient's daily behavioral and mood change. 35 patients selected within some criteria in a psychiatric ward, were obserbed during 5 weeks by use of Wyatt's Behavior & Mood Rating Scale ac-cording to the object of the study. At the same time, the frequence of the care and treatment were collected. Criteria for sample selection and independent variables as an influential factor to the patient behavioral change, based on a literature revienw and clinical experiences. Pearson's correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to determine the influfntial factors to the patient behavioral change. Systematic reading (r=.8324), Psychiatrist's individual interview (r=.5764), tranquilizer (r=.3441) and hospitalization processing date (r=.4143) were related with patient's behavioral change. That is these 4 variables can be said to influence to the patient's behavior and mood. A stepwise multiple regression analysis of the effect of the independent varibles of systematic reading, psychintrists individual interview, tranquilizer and hospitalization processing date on the dependent variable, patient's behavioral change was carried out. Systematic reading with on R²of. 69 revealed to be the main influential factor to the patient's behavior and mood change, as the next factor psychiatrist individual interview. A total inclusion of these factors revealed a 73% prediction for the patient's behavior and mood change. But the most influential factor was the interaction of the systematic reading and psychiatrist's individual interview.

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Implementation and Application of Fairy-Tale Book of an Augmented Reality Based on Smartphone and Web browser (웹과 스마트폰 기반의 증강현실 동화책 구현 및 적용)

  • Lee, Jae-Inn;Yoo, Seoung-Han
    • Journal of The Korean Association of Information Education
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.201-209
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    • 2012
  • The 2009 revised curriculum has been revised to increase the time allocated to creative discretion. Accordingly, in many schools, discretionary activities have been replaced by reading and essay writing. However, these activities do not differ from existing classes and student's interest in those activities is minimal. This study has applied two kind of the AR program, which is designed and implemented using Smartphone in the classroom, to increase student's interest. A browser-based AR, created by Junaio and QCAR-authored Smartphone-based AR fairy tale book, are easy to use in class by the students themselves. We applies to Fourth grade student in reading education this AR programs. As a result of test, the students in actual reading classes responded that their interest in the lesson and their understanding of fairy tales has increased.

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Young Children's Reading Responsiveness to the Pop-up Books and Regular Picture Books (팝업책과 일반평면책에 대한 유아의 읽기 반응 비교)

  • Lee, Ji Hye;Choi, Na Ya
    • Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.215-235
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    • 2015
  • This study examined the differences in young children's reading results to two types of picture books, focusing on the features of pop-up books. Children's reading time, interests, responsiveness, comprehension, and recall were compared for pop-up books and regular books with the same story. The results of this study were as follows. First, young children showed similarly high interests in both versions. Second, children from the pop-up books group read for a longer time, and showed a higher responsiveness level in focusing on the illustrations than their counterparts. Third, children who read regular books displayed better comprehension and recall than children who read pop-up books.

After-school activities of rural children (농촌가정 자녀들의 방과후 활동에 대한 연구)

  • 옥경희;김미해;천희영
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.85-103
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    • 2001
  • After-school activities were examined for 449 rural children in first through seventh grades. Childrens engagement of after-school activities were significantly different by child and family characteristics, especially childrens age and behavior control ability. Findings showed a decline in amount of time spent studying and reading and a raise in going to a game-room. Childrens school achievement, emotional and social development were also differed by a range of after-school activities. Children spent more time in studying and reading showed higher grades, happiness, school life. Teachers reported greater aggressive behavior and less adjustment of school life among children participating more in game related activities and hanging out. Watching TV, doing house chores and visiting friends were not variables which showed different outcomes.

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Implementation and Design of the Fisheries Quarantine Support System ‘M-LIMS’ (수입 수산물 검역 지원 시스템 ‘M-LIMS’의 설계 및 구현)

  • Yang, Kyung-Sik;Koo, Kyung-wan
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.64 no.6
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    • pp.960-969
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    • 2015
  • Over time, the import of seafood has been increased causing a corresponding increase in recall and recall costs of the fishery on the threshold level. In order to reduce recall costs and to ensure the safety of imported seafood, a moveable lab and its supporting software specialized in seafood inspection were designed. A new fishery quarantine support system software, ‘M-LIMS’ is proposed to strengthen an inspection and quarantine process for the imported seafood at the local level. This new software reads data from an external inspection equipment when it is connected to a USB or RS232 cable inspection equipment on a regular basis to save a report sent to the server after its use. Reading was possible by reading records on a central server. Each time users can check own data through a mobile device.

The Effects of Macrostructure of Discourse Processing (대형구조가 글 애해에 미치는 영향)

  • Cho, Hey-Ja
    • Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.51-72
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    • 1990
  • This study investigated the effects of macrostructure on discourse processing. In this study, three different story were employed to form macrostructures on different times, and reading time, sentence verification time and free recall rate were measured as dependent vari- ables. The results showed that forming the macrostructure influenced the reading and verification times and the recall rate. The results were interpreted to indicate that the macrostructure is important to comprehend and recall the stories, and that the story grammars, hierarchies of story schema and causal relation of sentences affect the comprehension and recall through their interaction in macrostructure.