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Exploring Southeast Asian Studies beyond Anglo-America: Reflections on the Idea of Positionality in Filipino Thought

  • de Joya, Preciosa Regina
    • SUVANNABHUMI
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.41-70
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    • 2019
  • As a response to Peter Jackson's call for a Southeast Asian Area Studies beyond Anglo-America, this paper argues that the achievement of this salient objective hinges on an understanding of the idea of positionality and what it entails. Drawing from reflections from Filipino scholars, positionality can be understood not merely as one's determination through geographic location or self-knowledge of one's condition within the politics of knowledge production; rather, it is the power and opportunity to claim a place from which one understands reality in one's own terms, and the capacity to effect influence within her intellectual domain. In redefining positionality as such, one realizes that crucial to establishing Southeast Asian Area studies beyond Anglo-America is acknowledging the importance of the vernacular in the production and circulation of knowledge, as well as the constant danger of English as the global lingua franca, established in the guise of an advocacy that resolves unevenness by providing equal opportunity for all intellectuals to gain "global prominence." This paper argues that, instead of trying to eradicate unevenness, one can acknowledge it as the condition of being located in a place and as a privileged position to think and create beyond the shadow of Anglo-American theory.

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Mechanism Design and Control Technique of Duct Cleaning Robot with Self-position Recognition (자기위치 인식 가능한 덕트 청소로봇의 메카니즘 설계 및 제어기법)

  • Jang, Woojin;Seo, Myungin;Ha, Junhwan;Park, Kyongtae;Kim, Dong-Hwan
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.85-95
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    • 2019
  • This work shows how to design a robot structure and to control to overcome obstacles while traveling through ducts of various diameters and shapes by three-legged robot. Circuits are centered in the body to connect the three wheel bodies that are driven around the center body with the 4-section slider link structure. Also, the springs are used to contract and expand the robot legs so that it can be caparable of various environments. Geared motor, spring, and belt were selected based on the static and dynamic calculation to be suitable to horizontal and vertical travels. The center body is equipped with a camera and the distance sensors, and a control algorithms are implemented so that it can be successfully performed in L-type and T-type ducts. Using UWB modules and trilateration algorithm, the location of the duct-cleaning robot inside the duct could be identified successfully.

Development of Self-centering Viscous Damper System for Seismic Retrofit of Ordinary Concentrically Braced Frame (보통중심가새골조의 내진보강을 위한 자가복원형 점성감쇠기 시스템 개발)

  • Do Yeon Kim;Hyuck Soon Choi;Joohyung Kang;Yongsun Lee
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.70-78
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    • 2023
  • The ordinary concentrically braced frame has an advantage of having simple design procedure. For this reason, it has been widely used for the small-sized frame structures subject to moderate or lower magnitude earthquake, even though its seismic performance against the earthquake load is not much effective compared to that of other frame systems. To enhance seismic performance of the ordinary concentrically braced frame where the bracing has a weakness for compressive behavior under lateral earthquake, seismic retrofitting by viscous damper has been commonly introduced. However, the viscous damper, itself, generally does not have stiffness for restoring the structure to the original position. This may cause residual displacement to the structure. In this paper, a self-centering viscous damper system in which upper and lower beams having flexural rigidity play a role as a nonlinear-elastic spring, restoring the spring-damper system subject to external displacement history to its original location, is developed. The numerical analysis for a simplified frame structure shows how including the developed self-centering viscous damper system leads to an enhanced seismic performance of the frame structure through energy dissipation during earthquake excitation.

A Study on Transport Robot for Autonomous Driving to a Destination Based on QR Code in an Indoor Environment (실내 환경에서 QR 코드 기반 목적지 자율주행을 위한 운반 로봇에 관한 연구)

  • Se-Jun Park
    • Journal of Platform Technology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.26-38
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    • 2023
  • This paper is a study on a transport robot capable of autonomously driving to a destination using a QR code in an indoor environment. The transport robot was designed and manufactured by attaching a lidar sensor so that the robot can maintain a certain distance during movement by detecting the distance between the camera for recognizing the QR code and the left and right walls. For the location information of the delivery robot, the QR code image was enlarged with Lanczos resampling interpolation, then binarized with Otsu Algorithm, and detection and analysis were performed using the Zbar library. The QR code recognition experiment was performed while changing the size of the QR code and the traveling speed of the transport robot while the camera position of the transport robot and the height of the QR code were fixed at 192cm. When the QR code size was 9cm × 9cm The recognition rate was 99.7% and almost 100% when the traveling speed of the transport robot was less than about 0.5m/s. Based on the QR code recognition rate, an experiment was conducted on the case where the destination is only going straight and the destination is going straight and turning in the absence of obstacles for autonomous driving to the destination. When the destination was only going straight, it was possible to reach the destination quickly because there was little need for position correction. However, when the destination included a turn, the time to arrive at the destination was relatively delayed due to the need for position correction. As a result of the experiment, it was found that the delivery robot arrived at the destination relatively accurately, although a slight positional error occurred while driving, and the applicability of the QR code-based destination self-driving delivery robot was confirmed.

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Reduction Chattering Error of Reed Switch Sensor for Remote Measurement of Water Meter (Reed Switch 센서를 이용한 원격 검침용 상수도 계량기에서 Chattering 오차 감소 방안 연구)

  • Ayurzana, Odgerel;Kwon, Jong-Won;Park, Yong-Man;Koo, Sang-Jun;Kim, Hie-Sik
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2007.04a
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    • pp.377-379
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    • 2007
  • To reduce the chattering errors of reed switch sensors used for automatic remote measurement of water supply system, a reed switch sensor was analyzed and improved. The operation of reed switch sensors can be described as a mechanical contact by approximation of permanent magnet piece to generate an electrical pulse. The reed switch sensors are used in measurement application by detecting the rotational or translational displacement. To apply for flow measurement devices, the reed switch sensors should keep high reliability. They are applied for the electronic digital type of water flow meters. The reed switch sensor is just installed simply on the mechanical type flow meter. A small magnet is attached on a pointer of the water meter counter rotor. Inside the reed sensor, two steel leaf springs make mechanical contact and apart as rotation of flow meter counter. The counting electrical contact pulses can be converted as the water flow amount. The MCU sends the digital flow rate data to the server using the wireless communication network. But it occurs data difference or errors by chattering noise. The reed switch sensor contains chattering error by it self at the force equivalent position. The vibrations such as passing car near to the switch sensor installed location. In order to reduce chattering error, most system uses just software methods for example using filter and also statistical calibration methods. The chattering errors were reduced by changing leaf spring structure using mechanical hysteresis characteristics.

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Behavior of Strut in Concrete-filled FRP PSC Bridge using FBG Sensors (FBG센서를 이용한 콘크리트 충진 FRP 스트럿 보강 PSC 교량의 스트럿 거동 분석)

  • Chung, Won-Seok;Kang, Dong-Hoon;An, Zu-Og
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.11-15
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    • 2009
  • Recently, a new PSC (Prestressed Concrete) bridge system, which is supported by Concrete-filled fiber-reinforced polymer (CFFRP) strut, has been introduced. This bridge is able to reduce self-weight and increase the width of traditional PSC bridges. However, no relevant research has been reported on local behavior of CFFRP strut in the bridge system. The purpose of this study is to investigate local behavior of CFFRP struts using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors. Field tests were performed to examine the hoop strains and longitudinal strains of the FRP strut under various lateral positions and velocities of a test truck. It has been observed that CFFRP strut is under compression regardless of vehicle speed and location. However, the CFFRP strut is sensitive to the lateral position of vehicles in terms of strain magnitude. Results also indicated that the FBG sensors can faithfully record the hoop and longitudinal strains of the FRP strut without electro-magnetic interference.

Design of Diigence/Indolence System using a Smart Phone (스마트폰을 이용한 근태관리시스템의 설계)

  • Jo, Hyun Joon;Lee, Dong Gi;Kim, Min Gyu;Park, Jin Soo;Kim, Dong Hyun;Ban, Chae Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2013.10a
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    • pp.307-309
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    • 2013
  • Diligence/Indolence records are the basic data at a human resource management and the essential data for measure salaries of employees. However, since the D/I systems using RFIDs or biometric sensors require hish costs to build and operate the D/I systems, it is difficult for to small business or self-employed business to use them. In this paper, we propose the Diligence/Indolence system to use the location identification of a smart phon. To locate the position of an employee, the WiFi signal of a smart phone and the wireless access point are exploited. Because the pre-owned hardware resources are used and initial building costs are low, it is easy for small business to use the proposed D/I system with low cost.

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Location Studies of Prostate Volume Measurement by using Transrectal Ultrasonography: Experimental Study by Self-Produced Prostate Phantom (경직장초음파를 이용한 전립선 볼륨측정 시의 위치 연구: 전립선모형 제작과 실험)

  • Kim, Yun-Min;Yoon, Joon;Byeon, II-kyun;Lee, Hoo-Min;Kim, Hyeong- Gyun
    • Journal of radiological science and technology
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.437-442
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    • 2015
  • Accurate volume measurement of the prostate is a significant role in determining the result of diagnosis and treatment of benign prostate hyperplasia. The purpose of this study was to determine, when measuring prostate volume by TRUS, whether location is more accurately determined by transaxial or longitudinal scanning. With reference to the patient's image, it was produced six prostate model. It compares the actual volume and the measurement volume, and find the optimal measurement position of each specific model. Prostate volume measured by TRUS closely correlates with prostate phantom volume. There was no significant difference(p = .156). To measure the accurate volume of prostate with focal protrusion, its length should be measured exclude the protrusions.

A Study of Professional Attitudes and Mental Health of Clinical Nurses (임상 간호사의 간호전문직 태도와 정신건강에 관한 연구)

  • 한경순;염순교;조주연;정연강
    • Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.364-376
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    • 1997
  • This study was made to analyse the nursing professional attitudes and mental health of clinical nurses in order to promote good mental health and positive attitudes. The 150 subjects obtained from 3 hospitals in Seoul completed a self-report questionnaire. Demographic data was collected in addition to data about nursing professional attitudes and mental health. The data was analyzed by SAS, t-test, scheffe's test, pearson's correlation and the GLM procedures. The results of the data analysis as follows : 1) Nursing professional attitudes were positive (MS=3.76) 2) Mental health was shown to be satisfactory (MS=0.65) 3) The relationship between nursing professional attitudes and mental health of the subjects were shown to be significant according to the professional education level with depression(r=-0.19, p=0.03/sup */), anxiety(r=-0.23, p=0.01/sup **/), hostility(r= -0.19, p=0.03/sup */), phobicanxiety(r=-0.18, p=0.04/sup */), but there was a significant difference according to the pursit of social profit with anxiety(r=-0.17, p=0.03/sup */). There was a significant difference according to autonomy with somatization(r=-0.23, p=0.01/sup **/), obsessive-compulsive(r=-0.22, p=0.01/sup **/), depression(r=-0.20, p=0.02/sup */), anxiety(r=-0.17, p=0.05/sup */). Finally, There was a significant difference according to ethics with hostility(r=-0.17, p=0.05/sup */). 4) According to nursing professional attitudes and demographic fators there was a significant difference in the professional position(t=2.01, p=0.05/sup */), work location(f=4.99, p=0.01/sup **/), length of employment (f=3.66, p=0.03/sup **/). 5) The nursing professional attitudes and occupational factors showed a positive correlation with the anticipation of length of employment (t=2.00, p=0.05/sup */). 6) According to Mental health and dmographic factors there was a significant correlation with the professional position(t=-2.21, p=0.03/sup */). 7) According to mental health and occupational factors there was a significant difference correlation. Based on the study results, the following recommendation are made : 1) Nursing education curriculum should be developed for the continuous promotion of mental of professional nurses. 2) Follow up study of identification of the variables which positively influence professional nurses attitudes.

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Analysis of Image Distortion on Magnetic Resonance Diffusion Weighted Imaging

  • Cho, Ah Rang;Lee, Hae Kag;Yoo, Heung Joon;Park, Cheol-Soo
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.381-386
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of this study is to improve diagnostic efficiency of clinical study by setting up guidelines for more precise examination with a comparative analysis of signal intensity and image distortion depending on the location of X axial of object when performing magnetic resonance diffusion weighted imaging (MR DWI) examination. We arranged the self-produced phantom with a 45 mm of interval from the core of 44 regent bottles that have a 16 mm of external diameter and 55 mm of height, and were placed in 4 rows and 11 columns in an acrylic box. We also filled up water and margarine to portrait the fat. We used 3T Skyra and 18 Channel Body array coil. We also obtained the coronal image with the direction of RL (right to left) by using scan slice thinkness 3 mm, slice gap: 0mm, field of view (FOV): $450{\times}450mm^2$, repetition time (TR): 5000 ms, echo time (TE): 73/118 ms, Matrix: $126{\times}126$, slice number: 15, scan time: 9 min 45sec, number of excitations (NEX): 3, phase encoding as a diffusion-weighted imaging parameter. In order to scan, we set b-value to $0s/mm^2$, $400s/mm^2$, and $1,400s/mm^2$, and obtained T2 fat saturation image. Then we did a comparative analysis on the differences between image distortion and signal intensity depending on the location of X axial based on iso-center of patient's table. We used "Image J" as a comparative analysis programme, and used SPSS v18.0 as a statistic programme. There was not much difference between image distortion and signal intensity on fat and water from T2 fat saturation image. But, the average value depends on the location of X axial was statistically significant (p < 0.05). From DWI image, when b-value was 0 and 400, there was no significant difference up to $2^{nd}$ columns right to left from the core of patient's table, however, there was a decline in signal intensity and image distortion from the $3^{rd}$ columns and they started to decrease rapidly at the $4^{th}$ columns. When b-value was 1,400, there was not much difference between the $1^{st}$ row right to left from the core of patient's table, however, image distortion started to appear from the $2^{nd}$ columns with no change in signal intensity, the signal was getting decreased from the $3^{rd}$ columns, and both signal intensity and image distortion started to get decreased rapidly. At this moment, the reagent bottles from outside out of 11 reagent bottles were not verified from the image, and only 9 reagent bottles were verified. However, it was not possible to verify anything from the $5^{th}$ columns. But, the average value depends on the location of X axial was statistically significant. On T2 FS image, there was a significant decline in image distortion and signal intensity over 180mm from the core of patient's table. On diffusion-weighted image, there was a significant decline in image distortion and signal intensity over 90 mm, and they became unverifiable over 180 mm. Therefore, we should make an image that has a diagnostic value from examinations that are hard to locate patient's position.