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A Tracking of Head Movement for Stereophonic 3-D Sound (스테레오 입체음향을 위한 머리 움직임 추정)

  • Kim Hyun-Tae;Lee Kwang-Eui;Park Jang-Sik
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.8 no.11
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    • pp.1421-1431
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    • 2005
  • There are two methods in 3-D sound reproduction: a surround system, like 3.1 channel method and a binaural system using 2-channel method. The binaural system utilizes the sound localization principle of a human using two ears. Generally, a crosstalk between each channel of 2-channel loudspeaker system should be canceled to produce a natural 3-D sound. To solve this problem, it is necessary to trace a head movement. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm to correctly trace the head movement of a listener. The Proposed algorithm is based on the detection of face and eye. The face detection uses the intensity of an image and the position of eyes is detected by a mathematical morphology. When the head of the listener moves, length of borderline between face area and eyes may change. We use this information to the tracking of head movement. A computer simulation results show That head movement is effectively estimated within +10 margin of error using the proposed algorithm.

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Requirements for Meeting Consumer Expectations to Expand the Market for Organic Products (유기식품 시장의 확대를 위한 소비자 기대 충족 요건)

  • Pearson, David;Jung, Man-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.491-502
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    • 2012
  • The world's food production systems are becoming an area of great concern for both human and ecological health. Research has identified that one of the greatest threats to sustainability is conventional industrial agricultural systems and the high energy and material cost they require to function. The organic food movement is contributing as promising alternative to the current dominant model. Over the last 50 years it has developed into the most visible brand for a healthier and more environmentally sustainable food system. However, to achieve its full potential there are still a number of hurdles which must be overcome to make organic products a more viable and appealing option for consumers. This paper provides an overview of key research that has been conducted on why consumers are buying organic products, what they are buying and what is preventing them from purchasing more. It concludes that the key challenge is for the organic food movement to convince existing consumers of the superior 'value' of its products. In addition there are a number of methodological issues associated with analysing the market for organic products as well as issues of limited distribution, intermittent availability and high prices that are currently preventing increases in sales. Recognition and management of these barriers could contribute to more effective targeted research into consumer food purchasing motivations and subsequently the development of more sophisticated marketing strategies that assist in maintaining integrity with consumers and fending off challenges from conventional as well as other complementary food systems such as local food movement. And finally to achieve these market growth strategies the organic food movement will need to cope with its diverse constituency - ranging from global corporates through to local production and consumption - and provide attractive opportunities to individuals and business at all stages in supply chain whilst retaining credibility with government to ensure ongoing policy support.

The Effects of Eye Lateralization on Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions of Auditory Function (측방 눈 주시가 유발이음향방사 청각기능에 미치는 영향)

  • Joo, Seokhee
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.131-140
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    • 2019
  • Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate the interrelationship between eye movement and auditory function through the effects of eye lateralization on transient evoked otoacoustic emissions of auditory function. Methods : 25 subjects with complete set of ears were used in this study, which composed of 12 males and 13 females with pure tone threshold of below 25 dB without otolaryngology were evaluated. Each of the patient has a visual acuity of greater than 1.0 after correction, and has no problems with eye disease, eye movement, and human parallel system. In a dark silent room, the subjects sat on a chair with their heads fixed on a headrest. The tests were performed by asking the patients to look at a fixed red light dot on a light bar in front of them. This light was directed to the front, right and left sides of the subject at an angle of 40 ° In the presence of the stimulus sound in the ipsilateral ear, the transient evoked otoacoustic emissions of the ipsilateral ear was measured at the straight, right and left fixation. In order to evaluate the transient evoked otoacoustic emissions through the efferent auditory pathway, the transient evoked otoacoustic emission values of the contralateral ear were measured at the straight, right and left fixation. These measurements were taken at frequencies of 1 kHz, 1.4 kHz, 2.0 kHz, 2.8 kHz and 4 kHz, respectively. Results : Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions caused by lateral movement of the eye showed significant changes at 1.4 KHz and 2 KHz of the afferent pathway of the ipsilateral ear. Also, significant changes were observed at 1.4 KHz and 4 KHz of the efferent pathway of the contralateral ear. Conclusion : These results indicated that there is a close relationship between eye movement and auditory cochlea. In the future, further studies considering more diverse subjects and age groups will be needed.

Electromyographic Analysis of Upper and Lower Limb Muscles during Gardening Tasks

  • Park, Sin-Ae;Lee, A-Young;Kim, Jai-Jeong;Lee, Kwan-Suk;So, Jae-Moo;Son, Ki-Cheol
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.32 no.5
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    • pp.710-720
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    • 2014
  • Movements of the upper and lower limb muscles during five common gardening tasks were analyzed by using electromyography (EMG). Twenty adults aged in their twenties (mean age, $24.8{\pm}2.4$ years) were recruited. On two separate occasions, subjects visited a garden plot to perform digging, raking, troweling, weeding, and hoeing; all tasks were performed three times with 20 s intervals for each trial. To measure muscle activation during the five gardening tasks, surface EMG was used. Bipolar surface EMG electrodes were attached to eight upper limb muscles (bilateral anterior deltoid, biceps brachialis, brachioradialis, and flexor carpi ulnaris) or eight lower limb muscles (bilateral vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, biceps femoris, and gastrocnemius) on both sides of the body, for a total of 16 muscles. During the five tasks, photographs were taken of movement phases using a digital video camera. The right flexor carpi ulnaris and brachioradialis showed higher activation than the other upper and lower limb muscles measured during the tasks. All 16 upper and lower limb muscles were actively used only during digging. According to movement analysis of each activity, digging was classified into four movement phases, whereas raking, troweling, weeding, and hoeing each were divided into three movement phases. In each activity, there were high-impact phases in terms of muscle activation; the flexor carpi ulnaris and brachioradialis were identified as major muscles in each impact phase. This analysis may be used to generate biomechanical profiles of gardening tasks for practitioners when designing efficient gardening interventions for physical health or rehabilitation.

Effect of Kinesiology Taping on Hyolaryngeal Complex Movement in Stroke Patient with Dysphagia

  • Hong, Junyong;Oh, Donghwan;Park, Jisu;Jung, Youngjin
    • Journal of International Academy of Physical Therapy Research
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.2052-2059
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    • 2020
  • Background: Kinesiology taping (KT) is a method that helps immediately increase muscle activation, strength and joint stability by being attached to various skeletal muscles and structures of the body. Objectives: To investigate the effect of KT applied below the hyolaryngeal complex on the movement of the hyolaryngeal complex during swallowing in patients with dysphagia after stroke. Design: One-group, pre-post design. Methods: Twenty individuals with dysphagia after stroke participated in this study. KT was applied to the sternum and both clavicles from the hyolaryngeal complex. We analyzed the motion of the hyolaryngeal complex during swallowing with and placebo KT and KT using the Image-J software with videofluoroscopic swallowing study. In addition, a 0-to-10 numerical rating self-report scale was used to check the required effort and resistance felt during swallowing. Results: KT condition showed that the anterior and superior movement of the hyoid bone during swallowing was significantly lower than placebo KT (P<.05, all). Also, KT condition showed that the anterior and superior movement of the larynx during swallowing was significantly lower than placebo KT (P<.05, all). In result of statistical comparison between KT group and placebo KT group, the KT group showed significantly higher self-report scale score than the placebo KT group in terms of two category; the required effort and resistance felt (P<.05, all). Conclusion: This study demonstrated that KT applied below the hyolaryngeal complex inhibits the anterior and superior movement of hyoid bone and larynx during swallowing of patients with dysphagia after stroke.

The Design of Temporal Bone Type Implantable Microphone for Reduction of the Vibrational Noise due to Masticatory Movement (저작운동으로 인한 진동 잡음 신호의 경감을 위한 측두골 이식형 마이크로폰의 설계)

  • Woo, Seong-Tak;Jung, Eui-Sung;Lim, Hyung-Gyu;Lee, Yun-Jung;Seong, Ki-Woong;Lee, Jyung-Hyun;Cho, Jin-Ho
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.144-150
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    • 2012
  • A microphone for fully implantable hearing device was generally implanted under the skin of the temporal bone. So, the implanted microphone's characteristics can be affected by the accompanying noise due to masticatory movement. In this paper, the implantable microphone with 2-channels structure was designed for reduction of the generated noise signal by masticatory movement. And an experimental model for generation of the noise by masticatory movement was developed with considering the characteristics of human temporal bone and skin. Using the model, the speech signal by a speaker and the artificial noise by a vibrator were supplied simultaneously into the experimental model, the electrical signals were measured at the proposed microphone. The collected signals were processed using a general adaptive filter with least mean square(LMS) algorithm. To confirm performance of the proposed methods, the correlation coefficient and the signal to noise ratio(SNR) before and after the signal processing were calculated. Finally, the results were compared each other.

A Judgment System for Intelligent Movement Using Soft Computing (소프트 컴퓨팅에 의한 지능형 주행 판단 시스템)

  • Choi, Woo-Kyung;Seo, Jae-Yong;Kim, Seong-Hyun;Yu, Sung-Wook;Jeon, Hong-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.544-549
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    • 2006
  • This research is to introduce about Judgment System for Intelligent Movement(JSIM) that can perform assistance work of human brain. JSIM can order autonomous command and also it can be directly controlled by user. This research assumes that control object is limited to Mobile Robot(MR) Mobile robot offers image and ultrasonic sensor information to user carrying JSIM and it performs guide to user. JSIM having PDA and Sensor-box controls velocity and direction of the mobile robot by soft-computing method that inputs user's command and information that is obtained to mobile robot. Also it controls mobile robot to achieve various movement. This paper introduces wearable JSIM that communicates with around devices and that can do intelligent judgment. To verify the possibility of the proposed system, in real environment, the simulation of control and application problem lot mobile robot will be introduced. Intelligent algorithm in the proposed system is generated by mixed hierarchical fuzzy and neural network.

The Prospects and Challenges of Archival Activism : Focusing on the Documentation Case of Occupy Wall Street Movement (기록학 실천주의(Archival Activism)의 과제와 전망 월가점령운동 기록화 사례를 중심으로)

  • Lee, Hyun-Jeong
    • The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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    • no.42
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    • pp.213-243
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    • 2014
  • Recently in the field of archival science, a variety of documentation issues about community, everyday life, political and social movement and human rights are under discussion focusing on minorities' documentation and implementation of social justice. Those issues are especially focused on documentation about minorities and implementation of social justice. These Archival Activism is evolved from academic and social influence since the late 1960s rather than recent changes. The recent Archival Activism is under way in various fields and forms that encompasses both aspects of the mainstream/fringe groups over the world beyond organizations and areas. 4.16 disaster put archival community in korea many challenges. Now is the time to approach with reflections on records of evidence and heal. This study seeks contemporary documentation's assignments through the documentation case of Occupy Wall Street Movement. Firstly, it examines on concept of Archival Activism, origins, and developments. And Based on the documentation case of Occupy Wall Street Movement, it investigates a role of the archival profession carrying out Archival Activism.

A Study on the Relationship Between Emotion and Behavior of User's with the Color Images of Indoor Space in Hotels (호텔 실내공간 색채이미지에 대한 이용자의 감정과 행동의 관계)

  • Kim, Su-Hee;Kim, Bong-Ae
    • Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Planning & Design
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study was to analyze relationship between emotion and behavior with the color images of indoor space in hotels. The study methods evaluation experiments of emotion and behavior with computer graphic images. Study results are as follows: First, The color image according to the indoor space had a significant influence on the user's emotions. Lobby and restaurant had difference in pleasure arousal emotion by color image, and also guest room had difference in pleasure dominance emotion by color image. Second, The color image according to the indoor space had a significant influence on the user's behavior. Also lobby and restaurant had difference in movement hobby eating resting behavior by color image, and guest room had difference in hobby eating resting behavior by color image. Third, As a result of analyzing the effect of user's emotions on the behavior according to the indoor space: In the lobby, the more un-arousal increasing of users, the more hobby resting behavior increasing. And the more dominance increasing of users, the more movement hobby eating resting behavior increasing. In the restaurant, the more dominance increasing of users, the more movement eating hobby behavior increasing. The more arousal increasing of users, the more movement resting behavior increasing. The more un-arousal increasing of users, the more hobby eating behavior increasing. In the guest room, the more un-arousal dominance increasing of users, the more hobby eating resting behavior increasing. And also the more arousal increasing of users, the more movement behavior increasing.

A Proposal to Increase the Value of the 'MeToo' Movement - Focused on the Performing Arts Experience in New York City - ('MeToo' 운동의 가치 제고를 위한 제안 -뉴욕 공연계 경험을 중심으로)

  • Choi, Mi-Sun
    • Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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    • v.13 no.7
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    • pp.237-245
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    • 2019
  • Entry of women into the higher positions or professions in the fields of entertainment and performing arts has been expanding gradually. Especially, women working in these fields in New York show a dynamic growth and development. As a result, women surviving in a male-dominated world have raised their voices for their human rights to live free from violence, sexuality, slavery, discrimination, etc.. In the entertainment and performing arts, women have been shouting their voices for a long time through the theme, performance process, and the shows. Their voices influenced politics, society, and culture as a whole. The 'MeToo' movement is the result of condensation from their voices. In other words, it is the result of women's voices against sexual harassment or assault in these fields. Starting in Hollywood, the 'MeToo' movement was rapidly spread out online and strongly supported by female leaders and activists in the world. It had a strong influence on the fields of theater and entertainment industry in Korea as well. By recognizing this phenomenon, the contents of this study suggest how and what to continuously increase the value of the 'MeToo' movement in Korea's entertainment industry.