• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2019

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the realization of speech rhythm in English as spoken by Korean learners of English. The study particularly aims to examine the rhythm metrics of English read speech by learners who speak Busan or the South Kyungsang dialect of Korean. Twenty-four learners whose L1 is Busan Korean and eight native speakers of English read a passage wherein five sentences were segmented and labeled as vocalic and intervocalic intervals. Various rhythm metrics such as %V, Varcos, and Pairwise Variability Indexes (PVIs) were calculated. The results show that Korean learners read English sentences with significantly more vocalic and consonantal intervals at a slower speech rate than native English speakers. The analyses of rhythm metrics revealed that when the speech rate was not normalized, Korean learners' English showed more variability in the length of consonantal and vocalic intervals. However, speech-rate-normalized rhythm metrics for vocalic intervals indicated that Korean learners transferred their L1 rhythmic structures (a syllable-timed language) into their L2 speech (a stress-timed language). Overall, the results suggest that Korean learners' English reflects the rhythmic characteristics of their L1. The effect of the learners' L1 dialect on the realization of L2 speech rhythm is also speculated.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2012

This study deals with how stuttering changes in its frequency in a situation where adult participants who stutter are exposed to one type of background noise, that is, multi-talker babble noise. Eight American English-speaking adults who stutter participated in this study. Each of the subjects read aloud sentences under each of three speaking conditions (i.e., typical solo reading (TSR), typical choral reading (TCR), and multi-talker babble noise reading (BNR)). Speech fluency was computed based on a percentage of syllables stuttered (%SS) and speaking rate was also assessed to examine if there was significant change in rates as a measure of vocal change under each of the speaking conditions. The study found that participants read more fluently both during BNR and during TCR than during TSR. The study also found that participants did not show significant changes in speaking rate across the three speaking conditions. Some discussion was provided in relation to the effect of multi-talker babble noise on the frequency of stuttering and its further speculation.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.70-75
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• 2014

Super-RENS(super-resolution near-field structure) read-out 신호는 비선형 채널을 겪으면서 ISI(inter-symbol interference)의 영향으로 신호가 변형된다. 본 논문에서는 등화기의 측면에서 super-RENS 신호에 나타나는 비대칭성과 domain bloom 특성에 대해 살펴본다. Domain bloom은 광 레코드의 기록 과정에서 발생한다. 본 연구에서는 비대칭 심벌 변환 방식을 이용하여 비대칭 심벌들을 생성하며, 비선형 심벌과 선형 FIR(finite impulse response) 필터로 read-out 채널을 모델링한다. 이러한 비선형 채널의 등화는 채널의 선형 FIR 필터의 역필터를 찾은 다음 역필터로 등화된 신호를 심볼 변환 방식으로부터 전개된 결정 방식 테이블에 기초하여 판별하는 과정으로 진행된다. 제안하는 등화기를 raw BER(bit error ratio)의 관점에서 모의실험과 실제 super-RENS read-out 신호를 이용하여 분석하였다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.457-462
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• 2007

This work presents a low-voltage static random access memory (SRAM) technique based on a dual-boosted cell array. For each read/write cycle, the wordline and cell power node of selected SRAM cells are boosted into two different voltage levels. This technique enhances the read static noise margin to a sufficient level without an increase in cell size. It also improves the SRAM circuit speed due to an increase in the cell read-out current. A 0.18 ${\mu}m$ CMOS 256-kbit SRAM macro is fabricated with the proposed technique, which demonstrates 0.8 V operation with 50 MHz while consuming 65 ${\mu}W$/MHz. It also demonstrates an 87% bit error rate reduction while operating with a 43% higher clock frequency compared with that of conventional SRAM.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2015

The purpose of this paper is to extract the vowel formants of the ten adult male speakers in their twenties and thirties from the Korean Corpus of Spontaneous Speech [4], also known as the Seoul corpus, and to analyze them by comparing to earlier works on the Buckeye Corpus of Conversational Speech [1] in terms of the various linguistic factors that are expected to affect the formant distribution. The vowels extracted from the Korean corpus were also compared to those of the read Korean. The results showed that the distribution of the vowel formants from the Korean corpus was very different from that of read Korean speech. The comparison with English corpus and read English speech showed similar patterns. The factors affecting the Korean vowel formants were the interviewer sex, the location of the target vowel or the syllable containing it with respect to the phrasal word or utterance and the speech rate of the surrounding words.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:정보통신
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.217-227
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• 2010

능동형 RFID가 많은 응용 분야에서 활용되기 위해서 대용량의 태그 데이터를 보다 빠르고 효율적으로 보낼 필요성이 대두되고 있다. ISO/IEC 18000-7 표준은 433MHz대역을 사용하고 있으며 전송 속도는 27.8kbps에 불과하다. 이러한 전송속도는 대용량 데이터를 전송하기에 무리가 있다. 우리는 빠른 대용량 태그 데이터 전송을 위하여 2.4GHz대역을 사용하였고, 보다 효율적인 데이터 전송을 위하여 데이터 전송 프로토콜을 설계하였다. 우리가 설계한 프로토콜은 Burst Read UDB라는 새로운 명령어를 사용하여 255bytes이상의 메시지 데이터를 생성하고, 이를 효과적으로 전송할 수 있도록 이루어져 있다. 프로토콜을 구현하기 위하여 Texas Instruments사에서 개발한 Smart RF04 개발보드를 사용하였으며, 통신모듈로는 CC2500트랜시버를 이용하였다. 구현을 통한 비교실험에서 63.75kbytes의 데이터를 전송할 경우, 기존 표준의 Read UDB보다 Burst Read UDB가 17.95%의 데이터 전송시간이 향상되었음을 확인하였다.

• 한국언론정보학보
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• 제35권
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• pp.211-249
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• 2006

이 연구는 독자가 어떤 기사를 얼마나 읽는지를 구체적으로 탐색했다. 설문 응답 형태로 열독 의식이나 태도를 조사한 과거 연구와 달리, 이 연구는 독자에게 신문을 보여주면서 각 기사에 대한 열독 여부와 열독 정도 등 '행태'를 측정했다. 최근 국내 신문사들이 독자 중심의 제작을 표방하는 것과 대조적으로 독자의 구체적인 열독행태는 제대로 알려지지 않았다는 것이 이 연구의 문제의식이었다. 신문 종합섹션 전체 기사의 절반 이상을 열독하는 독자는 6.2%였으며 경제섹션의 이 비율은 4.1%였다. 종합섹션에서 단 1개의 기사도 열독하지 않는 독자는 1.1%였으며 경제섹션의 이 비율은 26.5%였다. 종합1, $3{\sim}5$면, 사회 $1{\sim}2$면, 여론 $2{\sim}3$면의 열독률은 상대적으로 높은 반면 문화1면, 국제 2면, 경제섹션 4면, 스포츠 2면, 피플 1면의 열독률은 낮았다. 또 사회면 4개의 머리기사 열독률은 종합면 6개의 열독률보다 높았고, 특히 사회 2면 머리기사 열독률은 종합1면 머리기사 열독률보다 높았다. $20{\sim}30$대 젊은 독자는 40대 이상의 장년층 독자보다 종합 $1{\sim}4$면과 사설면의 머리기사를 현저히 덜 읽는 것으로 밝혀졌다.

• Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.230-234
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• 2014

Automatic detection of disease helps medical institutions that are introducing digital images to read images rapidly and accurately, and is thus applicable to lesion diagnosis and treatment. The aim of this study was to apply a symmetry contribution algorithm to unsharp mask filter-applied MR images and propose an analysis technique to automatically recognize brain tumor and edema. We extracted the skull region and drawed outline of the skull in database of images obtained at P University Hospital and detected an axis of symmetry with cerebral characteristics. A symmetry contribution algorithm was then applied to the images around the axis of symmetry to observe intensity changes in pixels and detect disease areas. When we did not use the unsharp mask filter, a brain tumor was detected in 60 of a total of 95 MR images. The disease detection rate for the brain was 63.16%. However, when we used the unsharp mask filter, the tumor was detected in 87 of a total of 95 MR images, with a disease detection rate of 91.58%. When the unsharp mask filter was used in the pre-process stage, the disease detection rate for the brain was higher than when it was not used. We confirmed that unsharp mask filter can be used to rapidly and accurately to read many MR images stored in a database.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2015

This study was mainly aimed at investigating on the effects of background noises (i.e., white noise, multi-speaker conversational babble) on stuttering rate and other speech-related measures (i.e., articulation rate, speech effort). Nine Korean-speaking adults who stutter participated in the study. Each of the participants was asked to read a series of passages under each of four experimental conditions (i.e., typical solo reading (TR), choral reading (CR), reading under white noise presented (WR), reading with multi-speaker conversational babble presented (BR). Stuttering rate was computed based on a percentage of syllables stuttered (%SS) and articulation rate was also assessed as another speech-related measure under each of the experimental conditions. To examine the amount of physical effort needed to read, the speech effort was measured by using the 9-point Speech Effort Self Rating Scale originally employed by Ingham et al. (2006). Study results showed that there were no significant differences among each of the passage reading conditions in terms of stuttering rate, articulation rate, and speech effort. In conclusion, it can be argued that the two different types of background noises (i.e., white noise and multi-speaker conversational babble) are not different in the extent to which each of them enhances fluency of adults who stutter. Self ratings of speech effort may be also useful in measuring speech-related variables associated with vocal changes induced under each of the fluency enhancing conditions.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제31B권11호
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• pp.11-19
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• 1994

중앙처리장치와 디스크장치 사이의 큰 속도 차이로 인해 발생하는 병목현상은 디스크 입출력을 수반하는 작업의 처리시간에 많은 영향을 미친다. 본 논문에서는 디스크배열 시스템의 읽기요청에 대한 응답시간을 개선하기 위하여 기록전용버퍼를 내장할 것을 제안하고 그것의 스케쥴링정책과 개선효과를 정량적으로 분석한다. 시뮬레이션으로 비교분석함으로써 세 가지 스케쥴링 정책 가운데 부분스트라입결합 정책이 읽기와 기록응답시간 면에서 가장 효율적이며, 특히 분산형배열 시스템에 기록전용버퍼를 내장할 경우 요청율이 높을수록 읽기요청에 대한 응답시간의 개선효과가 크다는 것을 보인다.