• Proceedings of the KSPS conference
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• 대한음성학회 1997년도 7월 학술대회지
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• pp.92-114
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• 1997

This study is aimed to grasp the actual problems of the perception of English rhythm and intonation structure by Korean University students who have studied English in the secondary schools for the past six years, and to establish the systems of English rhythm and intonation structure for the Korean students of English. For this study, the listening test is provided, and 100 students are chosen as the subjects of the study. The noticeable findings are summarized as follows: (1) Koreans perceive the words stress comparatively well in nonsense words, unfamiliar place names, and familiar word. (2) Koreans do not perceive the isochrony of English rhythm well enough. The perception of the sentence stress is very unstable, especially in the sentence involved in polysyllabic words, compound words, and 'emphatic stress' pr 'contrastive stress'(or in the different rhythmic patterns). (3) Koreans do not perceive the nucleus well enough. The perception of the nucleus is more stable in content words than in function words, at the end of a sentence than in the middle of a sentence, and in monosyllabic words than in the polysyllabic words. (4) Koreans do not perceive the boundary(or pause) of intonation group well enough. The perception of the pause is unstable in the long or complex sentence. (5) Koreans discriminate the meaning of English word stress comparatively well, especially in disyllabic words. But the discrimination is somewhat unstable in polysyllabic words and between 'adjective' and 'verb' (6) Koreans' discrimination of the intonation meaning is below the level. Koreans do not perceive the differences of intonation meaning according to the pitch accent or the focus. In conclusion, the writer will propose the procedures for the teaching of rhythm and intonation in the following order: word stress drill longrightarrowstressed and reduced syllables drilllongrightarrowrhythm group drilllongrightarrowthe varying rhythm drilllongrightarrowsentence stress drilllongrightarrownucleus drill longrightarrowintonation group drilllongrightarrowlong utterance drill of more than two intonation group.

• Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.343-350
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• 2009

This study aimed to evaluate the anti-asthmatic effects of Samjajihwang-tang (SJT) using OVA-induced asthmatic mice model. Asthmatic mice model was conducted by repeated challenge of OVA using C57BL/6 mice. Each group was treated with distilled water, SJT (400 mg/kg and 200 mg/kg) extract or cyclosporin A (10 mg/kg) for the later 8 weeks, Penh (plethysmography and enhanced pause), immune cells subpopulation, eotaxin, IL-5, TNF-${\alpha}$, Anti-OVA-lgE in BALF (bronchoalveolar lavage), and lung tissue was analyzed, No cytotoxicity of SJT was shown on hFCs (human fibroblast cells). Administration of SJT significantly decreased Penh levels comparing to control group. SJT treatment significantly ameliorated the increase of total cells number and eosinophil including of immune cell subpopulation of $CD3^+/CD69^+$, $CCR3^+$, $B220^+/CD22^+$, $B220^+/CD45^+$, and $B220^+/lgE^+$ cells in BALF comparing to control group. Eotaxin, IL-5, TNF-${\alpha}$, and Anti-OVA-lgE level in BALF were significantly decreased by SJT treatment too. Histopathological finding verified the improvement of infiltration of inflammatory cells and collagen tissue in the SJT groups comparing to control group. These results strongly suggest that SJT would be a effective candidate for herbal-originated anti-asthmatic drug. However, this drug should be further studied for characterization of the accurate action and underlying mechanisms using variant disease model in the future.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.52-59
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• 2008

Most pier performance analysis results for ad-hoc routing protocols have been based upon the model which each node in the network moves independently without restriction. In most real environments, however, it is very common for a group or multiple groups to move under the direction of group leader or group leaders instead of each node's independent movement. This paper presents the performance analysis of routing protocols for mobile ad-hoc network under group mobility environment. The comparative simulations have been made between a table-driven protocol, DSDV, and two on-demand protocols, AODV and DSR, under a group mobility model, RPGM, which is suitable for the practical applications such as military tactical operation. Multiple group movements are also included. The results show that the protocol performances for single group movement are very similar to node independent movement case. However some differences have been observed by varying pause time and connectivity.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.1103-1109
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• 2002

This study investigated the effect of 2-bromo-$\alpha$-ergocryptine (anti prolactin agent) on plasma levels of prolactin, oestradiol-17$\beta$ and progesterone in domestic hen during the active period of lay. Fifty healthy female White Leghorn birds were administered with anti prolactin agent (2-bromo-$\alpha$-ergocryptine, Sigma-USA., methane sulphonate salt, $C_{32}H_{40}BrN_5O_5.CH_4SO_3$) subcutaneously @100$\mu$g/kg body weight at weekly intervals from 17th to 36th week of age. Another group of fifty birds as controls were given placebo in place of bromocriptine. The level of prolactin remained lower in treated birds than in the control birds from 19 to 36 weeks of age. Level of prolactin even in the control group was found to decrease during the peak production period. Oestradiol-$17{\beta}$ and progesterone concentration in treated birds were significantly (p<0.01) higher than the controls during the treatment. Egg production, is positively correlated with oestradiol-$17{\beta}$ (r=0.02; r=0.67) and progesterone (r=0.49; r=0.90) in control and treated groups respectively where as prolactin level is positively correlated with egg production in the control birds (r=0.07). Prolactin levels were negatively correlated with egg production (r=-0.55) in treated birds; and oestradiol-$17{\beta}$ (r =-0.71; r=-0.53) and progesterone (r=-0.22; r=-0.27) respectively in control and treated groups. The total number of pause days during the treatment period decreased significantly (p<0.01) in the treated group compared to the control group. The reduction in pause days in treated group resulted in 1.76% increase in egg production over that in control group. The increase in egg laying days and the total egg production were found to be significant (p<0.01). These results indicate that a lower level of prolactin in circulatory blood enhances egg production in the domestic hen.

• Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.43-51
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• 2023

In this paper, we propose an approach for dialect classification based on the speed and pause of speech utterances as well as the age and gender of the speakers. Dialect classification is one of the important techniques for speech analysis. For example, an accurate dialect classification model can potentially improve the performance of speaker or speech recognition. According to previous studies, research based on deep learning using Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCC) features has been the dominant approach. We focus on the acoustic differences between regions and conduct dialect classification based on the extracted features derived from the differences. In this paper, we propose an approach of extracting underexplored additional features, namely the speed and the pauses of speech utterances along with the metadata including the age and the gender of the speakers. Experimental results show that our proposed approach results in higher accuracy, especially with the speech rate feature, compared to the method only using the MFCC features. The accuracy improved from 91.02% to 97.02% compared to the previous method that only used MFCC features, by incorporating all the proposed features in this paper.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.225-232
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• 2024

The Asynchronous indivisual learning offer advantages such as allowing learners to study at their preferred times without spatial constraints. However, since these classes are not conducted in real-time, there are limitations in conveying learners' feedback on problematic or inadequately explained course content to the instructors. This paper proposed a system for relaying feedback information from learners who view course content to the instructors. Learners can investigate the reasons for pausing online recorded class content, and they can transmit these pause reasons along with the time information of the paused content to the instructors. Instructors receive feedback information and pause times of learners' online recorded class videos in graphical form, making it easier to identify areas with numerous issues in the course content at a glance. Instructors can incorporate this feedback to re-upload the content, resulting in higher-quality course materials, which, in turn, can enhance learners' academic achievements.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.447-453
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• 2009

This paper introduces the method for detect voices and exact end point at low SNR by maximizing voice energy. Conventional VAD (Voice Activity Detection) algorithm estimates noise level so it tends to detect the end point inaccurately. Moreover, because it uses relatively long analysis range for reflecting temporal change of noise, computing load too high for application. In this paper, the SEM-VAD (Speech Energy Maximization-Voice Activity Detection) method which uses psycho-acoustical bark scale filter banks to maximize voice energy within frames is introduced. Stable threshold values are obtained at various noise environments (SNR 15 dB, 10 dB, 5 dB, 0 dB). At the test for voice detection in car noisy environment, PHR (Pause Hit Rate) was 100%accurate at every noise environment, and FAR (False Alarm Rate) shows 0% at SNR15 dB and 10 dB, 5.6% at SNR5 dB and 9.5% at SNR0 dB.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 한국정보과학회 2005년도 가을 학술발표논문집 Vol.32 No.2 (1)
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• pp.925-927
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• 2005

급속도로 IT 산업이 발전하면서, 리소스가 제한된 소형 기기들의 사용이 비약적으로 증가하는 추세이다. 자바는 플랫폼 독립성(Platform Independency), 보안성(Security), 이동성(Mobility) 등의 장점을 가지고 있기 때문에 성능을 극대화하고 안정된 서비스를 제공해야 하는 소형기기들에게 핵심 소프트웨어 플랫폼으로 많이 사용되고 있다. 임베디드 장치나 모바일 시스템과 같은 제한된 리소스를 사용하는 기기들은 자바 어플리케이션 수행을 위해 자바의 소프트웨어 플랫폼중의 하나인 K 가상 머신(K Virtual Machine: KVM)을 탑재하여 사용한다. 본 논문에서는 KVM 가비지 컬랙션의 지연 시간(Pause-Time)과 Tracing 의 수행 빈도수를 줄여 임베디드 환경에서 성능 향상을 위한 가비지 컬랙션을 설계하고 구현한 내용을 기술한다.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.51-56
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• 1998

문장내 휴지구간의 위치와 길이는 합성음의 자연성을 결정짓는 주요 운율 파라미터 중 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 한국어 음성합성기의 합성음 생성에서 자연성 개선을 위해서 문장내 끊어읽기 위치 및 길이를 추정하기 위한 방법을 제안한다. 먼저 실제 발화에서 끊어 읽기가 발생하는 요인을 검토하였다. 그리고 이들 요인에 부합하여 텍스트에 4단계의 끊어 읽기를 표기함으로써 다량의 데이터를 확보하고 이를 이용한 NN 학습 결과와 HMM 추정 기의 성능을 비교 검토한다. 현재까지의 결과로는 NN 학습의 경우 끊어읽기 없는 경우와 긴 끊어읽기의 추정에서는 우수한 예측능력을 보이지만 짧은 끊어읽기, 중간 끊어읽기의 경 우는 HMM의 성능이 우수한 것으로 판명되었다. 전반적인 성능에서는 HMM이 우수하며 끊어읽기 종류에 따라 추정오차가 10∼25%로서 안정적인 결과를 얻었으며 TTS에의 활용 가능성을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 한국음향학회 2000년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집 제19권 1호
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• pp.75-78
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• 2000

본 논문은 자연스러운 합성음 생성을 위한 끊어 읽기 강도 예측에 관한 것으로, 문장에 대한 품사열이 주어졌을 때 Posteriori 확률을 최대화하는 끊어 읽기 강도를 비터비 디코딩으로 예측한다. 훈련용 데이터는 여성화자 1인이 발성한 2,100 문장이며, 음성 데이터로부터 휴지길이(pause)에 따라 끊어 읽기 강도를 2단계로 할당하고, 텍스트에서는 30개의 품사 태그 심볼을 이용하여 형태소분석 및 태깅을 수행하였다. 관측확률은 3개 연속하는 품사열이 발생할 확률로 하고 끊어 읽기 강도 천이확률은 bigram으로 했을 때, cross validation 방법으로 성능 평가를 수행하였다 평가결과, 훈련데이타에 대해서는 $89.7\%$, 테스트 데이터에 대해서는 $84.9\%$의 예측정확률을 보였다.