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A Study on the Development of English Inflectional Morphemes Based on the CHILDES Corpus (CHILDES 코퍼스를 기반으로 한 아동의 영어 굴절형태소 발달 연구)

  • Min, Myung Sook;Jun, Jongsup;Lee, Sun-Young
    • Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.203-235
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    • 2013
  • The goal of this paper is to test the findings about English-speaking children's acquisition of inflectional morphemes in the literature using a large-scale database. For this, we obtained a 4.7-million-word corpus from the CHILDES (Child Language Data Exchange System) database, and analyzed 1,630 British and American children's uses of English derivational morphemes up to age 7. We analyzed the type and token frequencies, type per token ratio (TTR), and the lexical diversity (D) for such inflectional morphemes as the present progressive -ing, the past tense -(e)d, the comparative and superlative -er/est with reference to children's nationality and age groups. To sum up our findings, the correlations between the D value and children's age varied from morpheme to morpheme; e.g. we found no correlation for -ing, a marginal correlation for -ed, and a strong correlation for -er/-est. Our findings are consistent with Brown's (1973) classical observation that children learn progressive forms earlier than the past tense marker. In addition, overgeneralization errors were frequently found for -ed, but rarely for -ing, showing a U-shaped developmental pattern at ages 2-3. Finally, American children showed higher D scores than British children, which showed that American children used inflectional morphemes for more word types compared with British children. The present study has its significance in testing the earlier findings in the literature by setting up well-defined methodology for analyzing the entire CHILDES database.

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The Trend and Prospect of the Nursing Intervention Classification (간호중재분류의 동향과 전망)

  • Park, Sung-Ae
    • Journal of Home Health Care Nursing
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    • v.3
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    • pp.75-85
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    • 1996
  • Nursing Intervention Classification(NIC) includes the 433 intervention lists to standardize the nursing language. Efforts to standardize and classify nursing care are important because they make explicit what has previously been implicit, assumed and unknown. NIC is a standardized language of both nurse-initiated and physician-initiated nursing treatments. Each of the 433 interventions has a label, definition and set of activities that a nurse does to carry it out. It defines the interventions performed by all nurses no matter what their setting or specialty. Principles of label, definition and activity construction were established so there is consistency across the classification. NIC was developed for following reasons; 1. Standandization of the nomen clature of nursing treatments. 2. Expansion of nursing knowledge about the links between diagnoses, treatments and outcomes. 3. Devlopment of nursing and health care information systems. 4. Teaching decision making to nursing students. 5. Determination of the costs of service provided by nurses. 6. Planning for resources needed in nursing practice settings. 7. Language to communicate the unigue function of nursing. 8. Articulation with the classification systems of other health care providers. The process of NIC development ; 1. Develop implement and evaluate an expert review process to evaluate feedback on specific interventions in NIC and to refine the interventions and classification as feedback indicates. 2. Define and validate indirect care interventions. 3. Refine, validate and publish the taxonomic grouping for the interventions. 4. Translate the classification into a coding system that can be used for computerization for articulation with other classifications and for reimbursement. 5. Construct an electronic version of NIC to help agencies in corporate the classifiaction into nursing information systems. 6. Implement and evaluate the use of the classification in a nursing information system in five different agencies. 7. Establish mechanisms to build nursing knowledge through the analysis of electronically retrievable clinical data. 8. Publish a second edition of the nursing interventions classification with taxonomic groupings and results of field testing. It is suggested that the following researches are needed to develp NIC in Korea. 1. To idenilfy the intervention lists in Korea. 2. Nursing resources to perform the nursing interventions. 3. Comparative study between Korea and U.S.A. on NIC. 4. Linkage among nursing diagnosis, nursing interventions and nursing outcomes. 5. Linkage between NIC and other health care information systems. 6. determine nursing costs on NIC.

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A Study of Mock Objects Generator for Applying XPwith Special Attention to C (C환경에서의 XP적용을 위한 모크객체생성기에 관한 연구)

  • Jung Young Mok;Park Jae Won;Lee Nam Yong
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.10 no.1 s.33
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    • pp.15-26
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    • 2005
  • As one of the lightweight software development methodology, the XP (Extreme Programming) is the practical means to improve the productivity and qualify of software through the pursuit of 4 values - communication, simplicity, feedback, and courage. It appears, however, the TDD (Test Driven Development). one of the practices of in. has a problem. which is the unavailability of the test driven development in case of the prolonged period of testing or the failure of securing the independency of the test cases. This results in the emphasis on the importance of the Mock Objects recently. The Mock Objects, the one imitating the faulty real code, has the fundamentals of simplicity allowing even manual script but. due to the inefficiency of manual script of the Mock Objects in a real life, it is implemented the Mock Objects Generator such as Mockotjects, EasyMock in Java. It Is found difficult, however to apply the Mock Objects in C language due to its object -oriented Premise as well as the absence of mock objects generators for C language. Therefore, in this Paper it is presented the CMock, a Mock Objects generator fer C language which allows the easy creation of the Mock Objects, and the study is performed to verify the efficiency accordingly.

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The Developmental History and Recent Trends of TOPIK: from the 1st TOPIK in 1997 through the 52nd TOPIK in 2016 (한국어능력시험 20년 발전사와 최근 동향 -1997년 제1회 시험부터 2016년 제52회 시험까지-)

  • Kim, Chungsook
    • Journal of Korean language education
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.1-24
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    • 2017
  • This article explores the developmental history of TOPIK over the last 20 years and its recent trends. Over the last two decades, TOPIK underwent two major systematic reforms, achieving both quantitative and qualitative growth over the course of its 52 testing sessions. TOPIK has utilized a six-level evaluation system from its inception to the present. The evaluation system was amended from the earlier six-test set - whereby each level corresponded with a separate test (1997~2005: the $1^{st}{\sim}9^{th}$) - to the three-test set (2006~2014: the $10^{th}{\sim}34^{th}$), and finally to the two-test set (2014~present: the $35^{th}{\sim}42^{nd}$). In the earlier exams, abilities in Vocabulary Grammar, Writing, Listening, and Reading were assessed. However, beginning with the $35^{th}$ TOPIK, abilities in Listening, Reading, and Writing (only in TOPIK II) were assessed and the evaluation of the writing section was changed to a task-based process, improving TOPIK into a more qualified analysis of proficiency. Over the last 20 years, the number of countries TOPIK is administered in has greatly increased from 4 to 73 countries, and the annual number of test-takers has also significantly increased from 2,692 to 250,141. The distribution of proficiency levels of the test-takers has shifted over time - initially "Beginner>Intermediate>Advanced" in the earlier exams, to "Intermediate>Advanced>Beginner" after the mid 2000s - as the number of those studying the Korean language for specific purposes and continuing education increased. Test-takers have indicated a shift in their purpose for taking the exam, initially citing "to assess proficiency" and more recently selecting "to study abroad," and this could also correlate with changes in the proportion of test-takers' proficiency level. In general, 85~95% of beginner, 50~65% of intermediate, and 45~60% of advanced test applicants passed the respective proficiency level. To date, no practices have yet been implemented to standardize the difficulty level longitudinally across test sets.

Reduction of Radiographic Quantum Noise Using Adaptive Weighted Median Filter (적응성 가중메디안 필터를 이용한 방사선 투과영상의 양자 잡음 제거)

  • Lee, Hoo-Min;Nam, Moon-Hyon
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.465-473
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    • 2002
  • Images are easily corrupted by noise during the data transmission, data capture and data processing. A technical method of noise analyzing and adaptive filtering for reducing of quantum noise in radiography is presented. By adjusting the characteristics of the filter according to local statistics around each pixel of the image as moving windowing, it is possible to suppress noise sufficiently while preserve edge and other significant information required in reading. We have proposed adaptive weighted median(AWM) filters based on local statistics. We show two ways of realizing the AWM filters. One is a simple type of AWM filter, whose weights are given by a simple non-linear function of three local characteristics. The other is the AWM filter which is constructed by homogeneous factor(HF). Homogeneous factor(HF) from the quantum noise models that enables the filter to recognize the local structures of the image is introduced, and an algorithm for determining the HF fitted to the detection systems with various inner statistical properties is proposed. We show by the experimented that the performances of proposed method is superior to these of other filters and models in preserving small details and suppressing the noise at homogeneous region. The proposed algorithms were implemented by visual C++ language on a IBM-PC Pentium 550 for testing purposes, the effects and results of the noise filtering were proposed by comparing with images of the other existing filtering methods.

Development of Measurement of Stress for Female Marriage Immigrants in Korea (여성결혼이민자의 스트레스 측정도구 개발)

  • Park, Min Hee;Yang, Sook Ja
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.518-531
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    • 2012
  • Purpose: This study was conducted in order to develop and test a measurement for assessment of stress of female marriage immigrants in Korea. Methods: Forty four preliminary items were initially developed based on literature review and focus group interviews. Those items were evaluated by experts for content validity, resulting in six factors and 26 items. The 26 items were translated into Chinese, Vietnamese, and English by professional translators and were reviewed by native speakers of each language who are fluent in Korean. For testing validity and reliability, data were collected from 323 female marriage immigrants residing in five regions in Korea. Results: As a result of item analysis, 25 items were selected. Factor analysis yielded 21 items in four factors, including 1) household economic 2) parenting and discrimination 3) cultural and 4) emotional stressors, explaining 61.3% of the total variance of stress of female marriage immigrants in Korea. The Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient was .903 for the overall instrument and .692-.892 for four factors. Conclusion: Measurement of stress for female marriage immigrants in Korea has high validity and reliability. Therefore, this measurement may be utilized for systematic assessment of stress and for identification of areas of support for female marriage immigrants in Korea.

Multi Parameter Design in AIML Framework for Balinese Calendar Knowledge Access

  • Sukarsa, I Made;Buana, Putu Wira;Yogantara, Urip
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.114-130
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    • 2020
  • Balinese calendar is defined as a unique calendar system for combining solar-based and lunar-based system and assuming local system. It is considered as guidance of Balinese societies' activities management, starting from meeting arrangement, wedding ceremony, to religious ceremonies. Practically, it has developed in the form of printed Balinese calendar and electronic Balinese calendar, either web or mobile application. The core of the function is to find out the day with its various characteristics in the Balinese Calendar. In general, society usually asks the religious leader to find out the day in detail. The technology of NLP combined with models of pattern discoveries supports the arrangement of the interaction model in searching the good day in Balinese Calendar to equip the conventional searching system in the previous applications. This study will design a dialog model with AIML method in multi-parameter basis; therefore, the users will be dynamically able to use the searching content in various ways by chatting in similar with consulting to a religious leader. This model will be applied in a chatbot basis service in telegram machine. The addition of the context recognition section into 4 paterns has been successfully improve the ability of AIML to recognize input patterns with many criteria. Based on the testing with 50 random input patterns obtained a success rate of 92.5%.

Development and Testing of a Health Education Program for Immigrant Women Married to Koreans (여성결혼이민자를 위한 건강교육프로그램 개발 및 효과검증)

  • Ahn, Yang-Heui
    • Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.200-210
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: To assess the effectiveness of an 8-session health education program to promote the health of married immigrant women. Methods: A quasi-experimental research design was employed. The subjects included 36 female marriage immigrant women (17 in the experimental group and 19 in the control group) who agreed to participate in this study. The intervention involved 8 sessions with a partnership strategy and was led by Public Health Nurses and the researcher. Our analysis included descriptive statistics, Fisher's exact test, t-test, and Pearson correlation coefficients. Results: The results revealed significant mean differences in terms of self-efficacy between the two groups. The mean of their self-efficacy was higher in the experimental group than in the control group, whereas there no mean differences were detected between the two groups in terms of health knowledge and self-esteem. Additionally, the knowledge of the immigrant women was correlated with their self-efficacy. Conclusion: The 8-session health education program was found to have an effect on self-efficacy, even with the limitations to methodological rigors posed by the subject-specific conditions. In the future, health education materials written in the native language of such women will need to be develop. Additionally, repeated studies will be required that involve randomized controlled trials characterized by better methodological strength and strategies to enhance participants’ interests and motives.

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Association of Outplacement Convergence Education and Transformative Learning (전직융합교육과 전환학습의 연계)

  • Wee, Young-Eun
    • Journal of Internet of Things and Convergence
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.15-20
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    • 2017
  • The purpose of this study is to understand the concept of transformative learning and the meaning and process of learning. Transformative learning explains that learning takes place in three aspects. First, Instrumental learning takes place in the process of acquiring knowledge based on facts, such as hypothesis testing. Secondly, Communicative learning recognizes the meaning of other people's thoughts or social norms, cultures and values through language. Thirdly, emancipatory learning makes through critical self-reflection by understanding oneself on the basis of psychological and cultural assumptions. The implications of outplacement convergence education, is that main purpose of outplacement education is to build theory and shift the perspective to learning conversion in general operation practice. The content of the outplacement convergence education is that it should shift from instrumental learning to communicative and emancipatory learning.

Automated Query based on SQL BNF Grammar for Testing DBMS (SQL BNF 문법 기반의 자동 질의 생성기를 이용한 DBMS 테스트)

  • Kim, Jeong-Kyeom;Hwang, Min-Ho;Kwon, Sook-Youn;Lim, Jong-Hyeok;Bae, Yu-Jin;Ha, Man-Jae
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2010.06c
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    • pp.138-143
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    • 2010
  • 현대의 데이터베이스 서버는 거대하고 복잡한 소프트 시스템의 구조이다. 복잡한 SQL(Structured query language) 언어는 점점 늘어가고 ANSI 표준을 바탕으로 새로운 형태로 발달하고 있다. 데이터베이스 서버를 테스트하는 작업은 꾸준히 진행되어 왔으며 앞으로도 계속 도전하고 있는 과제중 하나이다. 그 과제에 적합한 새로운 테스트 기법의 개발을 위해서는 보편적으로 막대한 인력과 비용이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 수동적인 테스트에서의 막대한 인력과 비용의 문제로부터의 해결책을 제공하기 위해서 자동화된 SQL 쿼리 테스트 프레임워크를 제시한다. 본 프레임워크는 SQL의 기본이 되는 SQL BNF(Backus-Naur Format) 문법을 기본으로 하여 문법적, 의미적으로 정확한 "지능적인" SQL 쿼리를 랜덤하게 자동적으로 생성 한다. 생성된 "지능적인" 쿼리는 논리적 모델에서 얻어지고, 통계적인 정보를 통해 사용자에게 유용한 체크리스트를 제공한다. 각각의 데이터베이스 개발업체는 그들의 데이터베이스와 새롭게 개발되는 데이터베이스를 통합적으로 테스트 환경을 제공함에 따라 테스트 과정에서의 인력과 비용의 문제를 해결하고, 데이터베이스의 장단점을 파악하는 기준을 제공하여 품질 향상에 도움이 될 것이다.

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