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OWC based Smart TV Remote Controller Design Using Flashlight

  • Mariappan, Vinayagam;Lee, Minwoo;Choi, Byunghoon;Kim, Jooseok;Lee, Jisung;Choi, Seongjhin
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.71-76
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    • 2018
  • The technology convergence of television, communication, and computing devices enables the rich social and entertaining experience through Smart TV in personal living space. The powerful smart TV computing platform allows to provide various user interaction interfaces like IR remote control, web based control, body gesture based control, etc. The presently used smart TV interaction user control methods are not efficient and user-friendly to access different type of media content and services and strongly required advanced way to control and access to the smart TV with easy user interface. This paper propose the optical wireless communication (OWC) based remote controller design for Smart TV using smart device Flashlights. In this approach, the user smart device act as a remote controller with touch based interactive smart device application and transfer the user control interface data to smart TV trough Flashlight using visible light communication method. The smart TV built-in camera follows the optical camera communication (OCC) principle to decode data and control smart TV user access functions according. This proposed method is not harmful as radio frequency (RF) radiation does it on human health and very simple to use as well user does need to any gesture moves to control the smart TV.

Effect of Dietary Mulberry leaf on the Composition of Intestinal Microflora in SD Rats (식이 뽕잎이 흰쥐의 장내균총 조성에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Heui-Sam;Jeon, Ho-Jung;Lee, Sang-Duk;Moon, Jae-Yu;Kim, Ae-Jung;Ryu, Kang-Sun
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.33 no.2
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    • pp.252-255
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    • 2001
  • This study was performed to investigate the influence of dietary mulberry leaf on the intestinal microflora in rats. Rats were fed each experimental diets containing 1%, 10% of mulberry leaf powder for 4 weeks. Total viable counts and the numbers of Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, Clostridium, E. coli and Staphylococcus were determined by nonselective media and various selective media. A decrease in the intestinal population of Clostridium was shown in dietary mulberry leaf group. The E. coli and Staphylococcus populations decreased in dietary mulberry leaf group compared with control group. Methanol extract and fractions of mulberry leaf were subjected to an in vitro screening test for their growth-inhibitory activity. Methanol extract and Water fraction of Mulberry leaves showed weak growth-inhibition of Clostridium perfringens. These results indicate that the composition of gastrointestinal microflora was improved by treatment of mulberry leaves in SD rats and was very effective for growth inhibition of the intestinal harmful bacteria in intestine. Therefore, the mulberry leaves as a newly bio-material can be a useful material for physiologically functional food.

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Delegated Provision of Personal Information and Storage of Provided Information on a Blockchain Ensuring Data Confidentiality (개인정보의 위임 제공 및 데이터 기밀성을 보장하는 블록체인에 제공 정보의 저장)

  • Jun-Cheol, Park
    • Smart Media Journal
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    • v.11 no.10
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    • pp.76-88
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    • 2022
  • Personal information leakage is very harmful as it can lead to additional attacks using leaked information as well as privacy invasion, and it is primarily caused by hacking server databases of institutions that collect and store personal information. We propose a scheme that allows a service-requesting user to authorize a secure delegated transfer of his personal information to the service provider via a reliable authority and enables only the two parties of the service to retrieve the provided information stored on a blockchain ensuring data confidentiality. It thus eliminates the necessity of storing customer information in the service provider's own database. As a result, the service provider can serve customers without requiring membership registration or storing personal information in the database, so that information leakage through the server database can be completely blocked. In addition, the scheme is free from the risk of information leakage and subsequent attacks through smartphones because it does not require a user's smartphone to store any authentication credential or personal information of its owner.

A Study on Dieting Behaviors and Related Factors among Normal or Low-weight Middle School Girls in Seoul (서울시내 정상 또는 저체중 여중생의 다이어트 행위 실태와 관련요인 분석)

  • Park, Sunhee
    • Journal of the Korean Society of School Health
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.115-130
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    • 2001
  • Dieting behaviors prevail among most women and are highly increasing among female adolescents who don't have to lose weight. The dieting behaviors of normal or low weight groups are highly related to the negative impact of health risk behaviors. We need a strategy for intervening in the dieting behaviors of relevant groups. With this background, a study was conducted to examine the current situation of dieting behaviors and related factors in middle school girls, and to provide guidelines for the relevant dieting group. This survey was carried out by self-questionnaires passed out to 901 middle school girls from 3 middle schools in Seoul. Data were collected from April 10th, 2000 to April 17th, 2000 and 794 respondents' data were finally selected for analysis. The instruments of this study were Shin's scale for effects of mass-media, Birleson's depression self-rating scale translated by shim, Rosenberg's self-esteem scale, Smilkstein's Family APGAR score translated by Yoon, Kim's school-related adjustment scale. The credibility of instruments was 0.41~0.83 in the pilot study and 0.70~0.86 in the main study. The summary of results was as follows: 1. The general characteristics of respondents were analyzed. In comparison of grade and dieting behaviors, the subjects of the group perceived that their body image was obeser than their real body image and their ideal body image was slenderer than their current body image. A dieter's body image was seriously distorted. 2. The dieting behaviors were analyzed. The Subjects' BMI was within the normal to low range -- they didn't have to lose weight. But actually 47.3% of the respondents were dieters. Their main dieting methods were exercise(71.8%), computer games(64.9%) such as DDR and pump, and intake reduction(64.1%). Most dieters were using desirable methods such as exercise and intake control. But unhealthy methods such as saunax, smoking and harmful drug-use were also used by a few dieters. The main reason for dieting was attractiveness. The chief resources of dieting methods were mass-media(67.8%), friends(64.3%), and parents & relatives(35.1%). Only a few subjects obtained the information from health professionals. While they were trying to lose weight, 42.1% of the subjects experienced side effects such as dizziness(45.0%), apathy(20.5%), appetite loss(18.5%), amenorrhea and the irregularity of the menstrual cycle(16.6%). 3. The relationship between dieting behaviors and factors was analyzed. Dieting behaviors were significantly related to the experience of menarche, the experience of dating with heterosexuals, perceived body image, self-esteem, depression, family's relationship, school instruction-related adjustment, school life-related adjustment, and the effect of mass-media. After that, the multiple logistic regression was used. The analysis revealed that dating, perceived body image, the experience of menarche and the effect of mass media were significant factors. In conclusion, strategies for preventing irrelevant dieting behaviors are urgently required to enhance female adolescents' ability to choose the right information from countless others and to recognize their optimum body image.

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UV Effects on Production and Photoreactivity of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter in Media of Polar Marine Phytoplanktons (극지 식물플랑크톤의 유색 용존 유기물의 생산과 광반응성에 대한 자외선 영향)

  • Park, Mi Ok;Ha, Sun-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.28 no.5
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    • pp.712-720
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    • 2022
  • In this study, we evaluated the production and photoreactivity of CDOM of two polar phytoplanktons - Phaeocystis antarctica and Phaeocystis pouchetii, in order to find out UV effects on phytoplanktons. In visible region, CDOM in media of both phytoplanktons under UV-R decreased during 48hrs incubation period. However, in UV region CDOM decreased 30 % in the media of P. antarctica, but increased 10% in media of P. pouchetii, compared to CDOM concentrations of control after 48 hr incubation. This result indicates that biota in polar environment would not well protected from UV-R harmful effect when P. antarctica is dominant because of loss of CDOM, but when P. pouchetii is dominant species, production of UV absorbing organic matter could play more efficiently for UV screening for marine biota. Also we confirmed that FDOM of humic substance (C-peak) produced by these phtoplanktons under UV-R stress were well matched with fluorescence characteristics of the UV-protecting compound, MAAs. This finding shows that Phaeocystis pouchetti with low photoreactivity would contribute to DOM pool of polar marine environment under stratification by global warming.

Mycelial growth of some edible mushroom isolates on the media using sawdust from the shiitake waste logs (표고 폐골목 톱밥 배지에서 몇가지 식용버섯균의 균사생장)

  • Seo, G.S.;Lee, B.S.;Lee, J.S.
    • Journal of Practical Agriculture & Fisheries Research
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.33-46
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    • 2007
  • We conducted this research to develop the medium for some edible mushroom cultivation using shiitake waste log which is abandoned after cultivation of shiitake mushroom because those bed logs can not be recycled. The isolates of P. ostreatus(POS-012), P. eryngii(PER-005), G. frondosa(GFR-001) and F. velutipes(FVE-001) were selected and examined for mycelial growth on sawdust media prepared from shiitake waste log. Mycelial growth of selected isolate were satisfactory on the sawdust extract media using acasia(Robinia pseudo-acacia), neutinamu(Zelkova serrata) and kangchamnamu(sangsuri, Quercus acutissima) which are no shiitake-inoculated. Although the mycelial growth of the isolate were poor on the sawdust media prepared from Quercus spp., sawdust of neutinamu, (Zelkova serrata), beotnamu, (Prunus serrulata), orinamu(Alnus japonica), eunsuweonsasinamu(Populus tomentiglandulosa) and chestnut(Castanea crenata) were excellent for mycelial growth. However, shiitake logs which are infected with harmful fungi such as Hypocrea spp. were useful as recycle materials for mushroom cultivation.

The Content Analysis of Food and Nutrition Articles in Korean Newspapers -From January 1960 to June 1966- III. On Food Safety and Food Policy (한국 신문에 게재된 식생활 전반에 관한 기사 내용의 영양 과학적 분석 -1960년 1월부터 1996년 6월까지- 제3보: 식품위생 현황과 정책에 관한 조사 연구)

  • Nam, Hae-Won;Myung, Choon-Ok;Lee, Ki-Wan;Park, Tae-Sun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 1997
  • The contents of articles on food safety and policy in the Donga and Chosun Ilbo from January 1960 to June 1996 were analyzed for the evaluation of subjects and trends in mass media. Among the total of 490 articles, those on cereals were most frequently appeared (20.0%), followed by the articles on sea foods (10.6%) and meats (10.0%). Articles on fats and oils were the least (2.0%) in frequencies. The proportions of articles classified based on the 10-year interval were 28.0% in the 60's, 28.0% in the 70's, 20.6% in the 80's, and 23.4% in the 90's. Major contents of articles were the safety of imported foods, food contaminations by agricultural chemicals, heavy metals and harmful additives.

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The Role of Air Pollutants in Initiating Liver Disease

  • Kim, Jong Won;Park, Surim;Lim, Chae Woong;Lee, Kyuhong;Kim, Bumseok
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 2014
  • Recent episodes of severe air pollution in eastern Asia have been reported in the scientific literature and news media. Therefore, there is growing concern about the systemic effects of air pollution on human health. Along with the other well-known harmful effects of air pollution, recently, several animal models have provided strong evidence that air pollutants can induce liver toxicity and act to accelerate liver inflammation and steatosis. This review briefly describes examples where exposure to air pollutants was involved in liver toxicity, focusing on how particulate matter (PM) or carbon black (CB) may be translocated from lung to liver and what liver diseases are closely associated with these air pollutants.

Effect of Artificially Cultured Phellinus linteus on Harmful Intestinal Bacterial Enzymes and Rat Intestinal ${\alpha}-glucosidases$ (재배상황버섯의 장내 세균 유해효소 및 알파글루코시다제 저해효과)

  • 김동현;최혁재;배은아;한명주;박순영
    • Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.20-23
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    • 1998
  • The objective of this study was to evaluate the bifidogenic effect and a-glucosidase inhibitory effect of artificially cultured Phellinus linteus. The water extract of P. linteus promoted the growth of Bifidobacterium breve as well as the decrease of final pH in the media culturing intestinal bacteria. The growth of lactic acid bacteria inhibited effectively the bacterial enzymes, ${\beta}-glucosidase,\;{\beta}-glucuronidase$ and tryptophanase, of intestinal bactetria. The water extract of P. linteus inhibited maltase, sucrase and ${\alpha}-amylase$ of rat intestine.

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Single-Step Solid-State Synthesis of CeMgAl11O19:Tb Phosphor

  • Park, Byoung-Kyu;Lee, Seoung-Soo;Kang, Jun-Kun;Byeon, Song-Ho
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.28 no.9
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    • pp.1467-1471
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    • 2007
  • The green-emitting CeMgAl11O19:Tb (CMAT) phosphor has been prepared at 1200 °C by the simple solid-state reaction using AlF3 as a self-flux. This preparation temperature is much lower than those (1500-1700 °C) for conventional solid-state reaction and spray pyrolysis method. In particular, the complete process to produce high-quality phosphor particles was carried out through the single-step heat treatment of the mixture of corresponding oxide-type metal sources. An addition of AlF3 as a self-flux significantly decreased the crystallization temperature of CMAT with plate-like shape. The particle morphology could be controlled from plate-like to spherical by using H3BO3 as an additional flux. Thus, an optimal morphology and luminescence characteristics of CMAT were achieved when both AlF3 and H3BO3 fluxes were simultaneously used. Compared with conventional solid-state process, which is accompanied by the calcination step(s), and other alternative liquid solution techniques such as sol-gel method and spray pyrolysis, no use of active precursors and liquid media that are harmful to the environment is a distinctive advantage for the industrial purpose.