• Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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• v.80
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• pp.20-29
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• 2022

We discuss various aspects of anisotropic gravity in (d+D)-dimensional spacetime, where D dimensions are treated as extra dimensions. It is based on the foliation preserving diffeomorphism invariance and anisotropic conformal invariance. The anisotropy is embodied by introducing a factor z which discriminates the scaling degree of the extra D dimensions against the d-dimensional base spacetime and Weyl scalar field which mediates the anisotropic scaling symmetry. There is no intrinsic scale but a physical scale M_* emerges as a consequence of spontaneous conformal symmetry breaking. We discuss interesting lower dimensional gravity theories obtained from our model. In a (d, D) = (2, 2) case, we suggest a UV-complete unitary quantum gravity which might become Einstein gravity in IR. In a certain (2,1) case, we obtain CGHS model. Some vacuum solutions are also obtained and we discuss an issue of 'size separation' between the base spacetime and the extra dimensions. The size separation means large distinction between the scales (e.g. cosmological constant) appearing in the base spacetime and the extra dimensions respectively.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.22 no.8
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• pp.7-14
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• 2022

This study aimed to test the factor structure of the measure of student participation in distance education. The study population consisted of all teachers in public education and faculty members in higher education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by applying it to a sample of bachelor's and graduate students at the college of Education at umm al-Qura University. The (ESE) was applied to a random sample representing the study population consisting of (216) respondents. The results of the study showed that the scale consists of three main factors, with showed a high degree of construct validity through fit indices of the confirmatory factor analysis. The results have shown a gradual consistency of the measure's invariance that reaches the high level of the Measurement Invariance across the gender and study groups variables.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.277-295
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• 2023

The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) measures the extent to which individuals feel, accept, and respond to their own bodies in a positive manner. Given the research need to explore positive body image and its associations with various sociocultural factors and related consequences among individuals with various cultural backgrounds, several studies have established the psychometric properties and factor structures of the BAS-2 in different languages and samples with different characteristics. The current study investigated the psychometric properties and measurement invariance of a Korean version of the BAS-2 in an older Korean adult population (599 older Korean adults with the average age of 70 years). Data were collected using both online and offline (paper-based) survey questionnaires. The results of exploratory factor analyses and confirmatory factor analysis evidenced the unidimensional factor structure and measurement invariance of the Korean BAS-2 among older Korean men and women, after dropping item 1. Scalar invariance was supported across gender, and men and women did not significantly differ in observed mean scores of the Korean BAS-2. The results also supported good convergent validity and criterion validity. Incremental validity was demonstrated by predicting self-esteem over and above measures of age, BMI, subjective financial and health status, body esteem, and ageism. High internal reliability and test-retest reliability over a 2-week period were confirmed. Overall, the results of this study support the reliable use of a Korean BAS-2 to measure positive body image among older Koreans after excluding item 1.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.54 no.5
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• pp.289-299
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• 2021

This study analyzes bifurcation characteristics of the Seolmacheon experimental catchment by extracting the shape variation of channel network due to variable scale of source basin or threshold area. As the area of source basin decreases, a bifurcation process of channel network occurs within the basin of interest, resulting in the elongation of channel network (increase of total channel length) as well as the expansion of channel network (increase of the source number). In the former case, the elongation of channel reaches overwhelms the generation of sources, whereas, in the latter case, the drainage path network tends to fulfill the inner space of the basin of interest reflecting the opposite trend. Therefore, scale invariance of natural channel network could be expressed to be a balanced geomorphologic feature between the elongation of channel network and the expansion of channel network due to decrease of source basin scale. The bifurcation structure of the Seolmacheon experimental catchment can be characterized by the coexistence of the elongation and scale invariance of channel network, and thus a further study is required to find out which factor is more crucial to rainfall transformation into runoff.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.93-94
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• 2013

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.41-48
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is testing measurement invariance of the school vitality scale across the level of school. For this study, 3,156 elementary school teachers and 4,411 secondary school teachers were surveyed. As a result, school vitality scale was found to have the same factor structure in the structure regression model. Second, the factor load of the measurement model was found to be the same. Third, the structural path coefficients were the same. Fourth, structural covariance was found to be the same. Fifth, the structural residuals were the same. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that we can use school vitality scale both elementary school and secondary school. This study will contribute to diagnosing school vitality levels and finding ways to improve school management.

• Advances in robotics research
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.33-44
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• 2018

This paper presents a novel feature detection algorithm called depth-hybrid speeded-up robust features (DH-SURF) augmented by depth information in the speeded-up robust features (SURF) algorithm. In the keypoint detection part of classical SURF, the standard deviation of the Gaussian kernel is varied for its scale-invariance property, resulting in increased computational complexity. We propose a keypoint detection method with less variation of the standard deviation by using depth data from a red-green-blue depth (RGB-D) sensor. Our approach maintains a scale-invariance property while reducing computation time. An RGB-D simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) system uses a feature extraction method and depth data concurrently; thus, the system is well-suited for showing the performance of the DH-SURF method. DH-SURF was implemented on a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU), respectively, and was validated through the real-time RGB-D SLAM.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.323-323
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• 2018

최근 기후변화에 대한 관심이 증대됨에 따라 미래 기후모델자료를 기반으로 연구가 다양하게 진행되고 있다. 기후변화가 적용된 자료는 미래 수자원관리, 방재를 위한 수공구조물의 설계 등 다양한 방식으로 실무에 적용되고 있다. 하지만 기후모델로부터 모의된 결과는 어느 정도 관측자료와 차이가 발생하게 되며, 이러한 계통적 오차는 모델 내부에서 해결하기가 쉽지 않다. 그렇기 때문에 기후모델로부터 모의된 결과를 보정하기 위해 편의보정 기법을 활용한다. 그리고 미래 기후모델자료는 불확실성을 내재하고 있기 때문에 다양한 편의보정 기법을 적용하여 불확실성의 범위를 확인해 보았다. 사용된 편의보정 기법으로는 Quantile Mapping(QM), Quantile Delta Mapping(QDM), Detrended Quantile Mapping(DQM), Delta Change Method(DCM)을 이용하였다. 편의보정에 적용한 확률분포형은 일반극치분포(GEV분포), Type-1 극치분포(Gumbel분포)를 사용하였다. GEV분포를 기본으로 하여 조건적으로 GEV분포를 사용할 수 없는 경우, Gumbel분포를 사용하였다. 본 연구에서는 독일의 전지구기후모델(Global Climate Model, GCM)인 MPI-ESM-LR에 RCP 8.5 사나리오를 강제장으로 하여 지역기후모델(Regional Climate Model, RCM)인 WRF를 이용하여 동역학적으로 다운스케일한 강우자료를 사용하였다. 강우자료 중에서 강릉, 인천, 부산, 목포지점에 해당하는 자료를 추출하여 연 최대 강우강도 시계열을 산정하고 4가지 편의보정 기법을 이용하여 편의보정을 하였다. 편의보정 수행된 연 최대 강우강도 시계열을 scale-invariance 기법으로 다운스케일하여 미래 IDF곡선을 유도한 뒤, 편의보정별로 유도한 IDF곡선의 비교를 통해 편의보정기법이 미래 IDF곡선에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.234-234
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 기상청 RCM으로부터 생산된 미래 이슬점자료를 이용하여 편의보정 및 시간적인 규모내림방법의 적용에 있어서 그동안 간과하고 있었던 사항들을 살펴보고, 그러한 부분들에 대한 보완방법을 100년 빈도 12-시간 지속 이슬점 산출과정을 대상으로 제안하고자 한다. 우선 기후모델로부터 도출된 자료와, 관측된 자료 사이의 일치성 여부를 먼저 확인하기 위해 기후모델로부터 도출된 자료를 이용하여 과거 관측자료와의 재현성을 평가한다. 또한 기후모델의 여러 가지 한계로 인해 생기는 불일치성을 극복하기 위해 편의보정이라는 절차를 수행하여 모델로 부터 도출된 미래 기후자료를 보정하게 된다.본 연구의 경우 5월부터 10월까지의 자료를 대상으로 매월 1-15일 시기와 16-말일로 나누어 총 12개의 시기별, 지점별(62개 지점)별로 편의보정을 수행하였다. 또한 편의보정 되어진 이슬점 자료를 바탕으로 scale-invariance 기법을 적용하여 일-단위 이슬점자료로부터 시간-단위 이슬점 정보를 추출하였다. 먼저 62개 지점별로 1981-1997년(보정기간) 17년 동안의 과거관측자료를 이용하여 시기별 일 이슬점자료로부터 시기별 12-시간 지속 100년 빈도 이슬점을 산출하는 함수관계를 구축한 후 이를 이용하여 1998-2014년(검증기간) 17년 동안의 시기별 일 이슬점 자료로부터 시기별 12-시간 지속 100년 빈도 이슬점을 산출하여, 실제 검증기간의 시간자료를 이용한 12-시간 지속 100년 빈도 이슬점과 비교해 보았다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2000.07b
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• pp.869-872
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• 2000

Although many content-based image retrieval systems using shape feature have tried to cover rotation-, position- and scale-invariance between images, there have been problems to cover three kinds of variance at the same time. In this paper, we introduce new approach to extract shape feature from image using MBR(Minimum Bounding Rectangle). The proposed method scans image for extracting MBR information and, based on MBR information, compute contour information that consists of 16 points. The extracted information is converted to specific values by normalization and rotation. The proposed method can cover three kinds of invariance at the same time. We implemented our method and carried out experiments. We constructed R*_tree indexing structure, perform k-nearest neighbor search from query image, and demonstrate the capability and usefulness of our method.