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Microstructure of the Antennal Sensory Organs in the Millipede Cawjeekelia pyongana (Polydesmida: Paradoxomatidae) (평안노래기 (Cawjeekelia pyongana) 안테나 감각기의 미세구조)

  • Chung, Kyung-Hwun;Moon, Myung-Jin
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.73-82
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    • 2007
  • The antennae of millipedes have a prominent function in detecting various types of environmental stimuli. The structural modification of the antennae is closely associated with the degree of sense recognition. Here we study functional morphology of the antennae of the millipede Cawjeekelia pyongana using field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM). The antennae generally include eight segments, called articles. On the surface of the antennae, there are a variety of sensory receptors which include olfactory and mechanical receptors. We could identify four different types of antennal sensory organs in C. pyongana as follows: apical cone (Ac), trichoid sensilla (Ts), chaetiform sensilla (Cs) and basiconic sensilla (Bs). The most prominent of which is four APs at the 8th article. Both of the Is and the Cs are abundantly observed almost all of the antennal segments. They are long and strong bristles with longitudinal grooves acuminating toward the tip. The Bs is further divided into three subtypes: large basiconic sensilla $(Bs_1)$, small basiconic sensilla $(Bs_2)$ and spiniform basiconic sensilla $(Bs_3)$. The $Bs_1$ is located at the 5th and 6th articles, while the $Bs_2$ and $Bs_3$ can be seen at the 5th and at the 7th article, respectively.

A Study on Characteristics of Organistic Perceptual in Fluid Space (유동 공간의 유기체적 지가 특성 연구)

  • Park, Ju-Seong;Lee, Chan
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.143-151
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    • 2011
  • With today's new media environment throughout Ubiquitous information innovation, live and dynamic fluid space is being created by integrating organic integration between electronic space and physical space and transplanting intelligence to materials. In other words, perception occurs in fluid space itself in a new media environment so has complicatedly organic relationship with environment and humans. In addition, emotion, time and movement have actively attempted to enter the space so designs appealing to humans' emotions are made through stimulation of synaesthetic sensory organs. This can be understood in the same context that media is eventually expansion of human body. Fluid space has characteristics of a live organism with factors such as sensor, perception and behavior so it needs to interpret perceptual system relationally and synthetically through an organic study method. This study looks into characteristics of organic perceptual system in terms of the meaning that fluid space with movements have as the sensory-perceptive subject and accordingly makes the world more sufficient as the third space, prepares a possibility to get out of limited five senses, and will develop fluid space as the organic environment making stimulation by itself.

A Study on the Sensibility Characteristics in Haptic Space (촉지적 공간에서의 감성적 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Bo-Ram;Oh, Young-Keun
    • Korean Institute of Interior Design Journal
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.162-170
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    • 2013
  • Although vision has been considered as a top sensory organ in the Western culture until modern times, the significance of space experience that communicates with a body via complex perceptions has recently garnered attention. This study criticizes the limitations of a vision-centered space and has the goal of empirically examining the sensibility characteristics in a haptic space through post-structuralism views leading up to Gilles Deleuze's philosophical ideas. This study will explore the flow of senses from the philosophical and artistic standpoint and the sensibility characteristics in a haptic space by examining the theories on haptic perceptions in connection with a space. In order to test the existing theories and identify the differences in sensibilities depending on perceptual method, the sensibilities of participants were compared using SD method (Semantic Differential scale method) and a validity test was conducted using a statistical program SPSS. The research has revealed that the average sensitivity scale of complex haptic perception was higher than single perception that only relies on vision. In addition, there was a correlation between perceptual method based on various sensory organs and human sensitivities. This study is meaningful in that it can serve a foundation for empirical research on sensibility, since it has reexamined the relationship between space and participants and demonstrated and analyzed their sensitivities through an experiment.

A Study on Quotations in Five Sense Organs Division of 『Dongeuibogam』 (『동의보감(東醫寶鑑)』 오관(五官) 관련문(關聯門)의 인용문(引用文)에 대한 연구(硏究))

  • Choe, Hyeon-Bae;Lee, Hong-Gyu;Jung, Heon-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Oriental Medical Informatics
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.25-156
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    • 2014
  • This thesis is consisted of studying of the medical literature about Five sense of organs. Five sense of organs are the eyes, tongue, mouth, nose and ears. Five sense of organs are performed human senses which external sensory information by accepting an important feature for maintaining the biological activity to be performed. The contents was compiled up to the Donguibogam to Chinese literature and documents encompass the Korea medical literature, Donguibogam related to the senses to identify the citation of each chapter, the actual quotation through doctrine and other publications revealed that the citation is to investigate how accurately identified through studying the analysis and observation. It is as following as I observed carefully the senses of Donguibogam quotations related to each other through doctrine and publishment institution follows in order of dynasties. There are four volumes of Han-dynasty, one volume of Weijinnanbei-Era, two volumes of Tang-dynasty, nineteen volumes of SongJinYuan-dynasty, seven volumes of Ming-dynasty as Chinese medical literature. There are four volumes of Chosun-dynasty as Korean medical literature. It is the most quotation publishment that the books of SongJinYuan-dynasty of above thirty-six-volume. It is the latest quotation book that is Gujinyigan in Chinese medical literature and Euirimchwalyo in Korean medical literature. It is very positive quotation considering even Donguibogam publishment year in 1613. The reference books are four volumes of Chosun-dynasty as Korean medical literature and thirty-two-volume of Chinese medical literature. By observing the quotation frequency, 157 times in Sheyideaiofang, 115 times in Yixuerumen, 74 times in Yixuegangmu, 39 times in Wanbinghuichun, 31 times in Euibangryuchwi, 30 times in Renzhezhizhifang and Gujinyigan, 28 times in Danxixinfafuyu, 23 times Hwangdineijing, 17 times in Nanshibizang and Yixuezhengchuan. Other else books have been cited less than 10 times. It might be made error that did not find the source of the books even though cited reference, also even though defining the source of reference it is only rare reference book. As mention above, there are a lot of discovering as the feature of reference Publications. Most of all we could find out the reference literature cited in Donguibogam, however we couldn't clarify other books in original books. Thus, we should remember that it did not coincide with cited marks when studying the Donguibogam.

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The Vomeronasal Organ and Adjacent Glands Express Components of Signaling Cascades Found in Sensory Neurons in the Main Olfactory System

  • Lee, Sang Jin;Mammen, Alex;Kim, Esther J.;Kim, So Yeun;Park, Yun Ju;Park, Mira;Han, Hyung Soo;Bae, Yong-Chul;Ronnett, Gabriele V.;Moon, Cheil
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.26 no.5
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    • pp.503-513
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    • 2008
  • The vomeronasal organ (VNO) is a sensory organ that influences social and/or reproductive behavior and, in many cases, the survival of an organism. The VNO is believed to mediate responses to pheromones; however, many mechanisms of signal transduction in the VNO remain elusive. Here, we examined the expression of proteins involved in signal transduction that are found in the main olfactory system in the VNO. The localization of many signaling molecules in the VNO is quite different from those in the main olfactory system, suggesting differences in signal transduction mechanisms between these two chemosensory organs. Various signaling molecules are expressed in distinct areas of VNO sensory epithelium. Interestingly, we found the expressions of groups of these signaling molecules in glandular tissues adjacent to VNO, supporting the physiological significance of these glandular tissues. Our finding of high expression of signaling proteins in glandular tissues suggests that neurohumoral factors influence glandular tissues to modulate signaling cascades that in turn alter the responses of the VNO to hormonal status.

Quality Characteristics for Doenjang Using Squid Internal Organs (오징어 내장을 첨가한 된장의 품질 특성)

  • Seo, Ji-Hyung;Jeong, Yong-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.33 no.1
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    • pp.89-93
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    • 2001
  • The quality characteristics of doenjangs added with squid internal organs were evaluated. The contents of moisture, salt and amino type nitrogen were similar among traditional doenjang and squid doenjang(I, II, III). But the color values were different. pH and peroxide value(POV) were high in squid doenjangs. Squid doenjang(I, II, III) contained much taurine($53.26{\sim}170.90\;mg%$) and ${\alpha}-aminobutyric$ acid($35.17{\sim}151.00\;mg%$) which were not detected in traditional doenjang. Also aspartic acid and glutamic acid related to palatable taste, threonine, serine and proline related to sweet tastes were much more in squid doenjangs. Contents of isoleucine and leucine related to bitter taste were similar with traditional doenjangs. Comparing with traditional doenjang, volatile flavor components in squid doenjangs had high ratio of esters such as ethylbutylether and aldehydes such as 2-propanal, 3-methylbutanal in contrast with low alcohols. Especially ethylbutylether, 2-propanol, 3-methyl-1-butanal, 2,6,10,14-tetramethyl-pentadecane, ethyllinoleate were only in squid doenjangs. From the sensory evaluation after 4 weeks, squid doenjang(II) added with 10% squid internal organs obtained the highest scores for taste as differing from traditional soybean paste and squid doenjang(I). But the total acceptability was higher in traditional doenjang because of strong fishy smell and dark color in squid doenjang. After 8 weeks squid doenjang(I, II) obtained high scores for taste and low scores for color and flavor.

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A Study on Reality Improving of a Virtual Reality Gallery (가상 현실 갤러리의 현실감 증대에 관한 연구)

  • 박길철;박세근
    • Journal of Korea Society of Industrial Information Systems
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.94-99
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    • 1999
  • In order for us human to possess realistic spatial sense in the world of virtual reality, it is imperative that a research as our sensory organs should be through dine. Up until now, visual, tactile sense and a put of olfactory are getting by. We develope a rest of sense for improving visual reality with dynamic resolution control and increasing interactivity with introducing curator.

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Bibliographic Study on the Function of the Brain on the Basis of Zangxang Theory (뇌(腦)의 기능(機能)에 대(對)한 장상론적(藏象論的) 고찰(考察))

  • Sung, Kang-Kyoung
    • The Journal of Korean Medicine
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    • v.16 no.1 s.29
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    • pp.468-474
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    • 1995
  • After bibliographic study on function of the brain(腦, nao) on the basis of zangxiang theory(藏象論的), the theory of visceral activities), the following conclusions were obtained: 1. Brain is the organ conglomerated with marrow(隨, sui) between Baihui(百會) and Fengfu(風府) 2. Brain has different function and names according to the parts. 3. Brain is on anatomical view the extraordinary organ(奇恒之府, qiheng zhi fu) and stores clarified air(氣, qi) of fresh air. 4. Brain is the places where the viral essence (精, jeong) of five viscera is activated. 5. Brain is the places where the vital essence congeries into the mind(神, shen) Yang form of the essence. 6. The mind converted from the brain emerges in the whole body the sensory organs and carries vital function. 7. Brain reservoirs the mind, while the heart(心, xm) is thought to make judgement inroyght the speculation on the outward stimulus of matter and give orders to the mind in the chest.

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Modeling Negative Stiffness Mechanism of Vestibular Hair Cell by Applying Gating Spring Hypothesis to Inverted Pendulum Array (게이팅 스프링 가설을 적용한 전정기관 유모세포의 반강성 메커니즘 모델)

  • Lim, Ko-Eun;Park, Su-Kyung
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.405-408
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    • 2007
  • Vestibular hair cells, the sensory receptors of vestibular organs, selectively amplify miniscule stimuli to attain high sensitivity. Such selective amplification results in compressive nonlinear sensitivity, which plays an important role in expanding dynamic range while ensuring robustness of the system. In this study, negative stiffness mechanism, a mechanism responsible for the selective amplification by vestibular hair cells, is applied to a simple mechanical system consisting of an array of inverted pendulums. The structure and working principle of the system have been inspired by gating spring hypothesis proposing that opening and closing of transduction channels contributes to the global stiffness of vestibular hair bundle. Parameter study was carried out to analyze the effect of each parameter on the compressive nonlinearity of suggested model.

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New Family Gulgastruridae of Collembola (Insecta) Based on Morphological, Ecobiological and Molecular Data

  • Byung Hoon Lee;Jean Marc Thibaud
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.451-454
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    • 1998
  • Gulgastrura reticulosa, first described by Yosii (1966) as a monotypic new genus from a Korean limestone cave, was reviewed for its systematic position by c1adistic analysis of morphological characteristics, investigation of its intermaulting period and reproductive cycle as well as allozyme and 18S rDNA analysis. The great extent of divergence was strongly suggested by its combined lack of sensory organs (third antennal organ, postantennal organ, eyes, pseudocelli) with simultaneous development of an 'apical organ'at the tip of the antennae. The obvious divergence from any existing Collembola families was additionally supported by the extremely prolonged intermoulting period as well as by the low strap value it showed with Onychiuridae as obtained by 18S DNA sequence analysis. All these were considered Justifying the creation of a new family, Gulgastruridae, but still revealing more allied to Onychiuvidae rather than to Hypogastruridae.

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