• 영어어문교육
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.23-40
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• 2007

This paper discusses why Korean speakers have problems in pronouncing some medial sonorant clusters in English. We argue that the main reasons lie in the sonority sequence requirement difference between the two languages. English does not have any specific sonority sequence preference between the medial sonorant sequences while Korean has a strict requirement between the two sonorants over a syllable boundary. This sonority sequence requirement difference between the two languages acts as an interference for Korean speakers in learning English pronunciation. This barrier for Korean speakers in acquiring correct pronunciation is implemented in a constraint ranking difference in the Optimality Theory, which is not familiar for Korean speakers. Understanding the details of sonorant production mechanisms along with the different constraint ranking will facilitate the learning process of Korean speakers learning English.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.35-49
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• 1985

The Purpose of the study is to identify some factors affecting the consumer behavior of the Oriental students in the United States and provide some basic information for desirable consumer skills. The ninety subjects ere collected form the Oriental groups who were studying in Denton, Texas, U.S.A. Data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, mean, X2-test. The results are as follows: 1) There are significant similarities in the consumer behavior of the Oriental students regarding the information source, the preferred type of clothing, the factors affecting the choice of retail store, and the satisfaction after the clothing purchase. 2) There are some differences in the consumer behavior among three groups regarding expenditures of the purchase of clothing and the preferred choice of retail store. This study concludes that the Oriental students tend to: 1) adjust their life style to new situation ; 2) avoid their conflicts dur to the language barrier; 3) have a limited income to stay in the USA; and 4) have their own social acceptability based on their nationality.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제18권
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• pp.157-212
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• 1990

Translation has attained an important role in transmission and maintenance of human culture. As the world gets closer translation is regarded as one of the most useful means to carry knowledge and information through the language barrier. Translations of literary works in particular have been regarded as one of the most valuable means of helping people to understand and cooperate with one another in the interest of world peace. Korea has maintained a very close relationship with the United States of America since she first opened her door to the States in 1882. No one can deny that American has had a strong influence on Korean culture, politics, economics and education through the long close relationship between two countries. This study has been carried to find out how many and what American literary works have been introduced into Korea through translation from 1882 to 1982.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.41-59
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• 2009

The purpose of this ethnography is to describe and analyze the wild-goose mother's everyday life, her family relationships, and her social networking. Thirteen mothers from New York, California, and Texas, U.S.A., were interviewed with an unstructured questionnaire. Their residency and everyday schedules are arranged around the children's educational conditions. They have experienced difficult relationships with Korean American immigrants, Korean students, other wild-goose mothers, and Americans. They have failed to develop their social capital effectively due to the language barrier and a cultural capital deficiency. As a kind of family strategy, this separation sometimes strengthens the spousal relationship, preventing divorce, but usually weakens the emotional ties and quality of communication between husband and wife. The acculturation gap between the mother and her children may cause the mother to become alienated and exacerbate the generational conflict.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

In the digital era, broadcasting plays a very large role as a means of communication, as it no longer merely provides information or entertainment media. Particularly in the case of the visually and hearing-impaired, broadcasting is the primary means of acquiring information, so its role as a public service needs to be expanded. The development of digital technology enables the quantitative expansion of traditional methods of disability broadcasting, i.e., closed caption, sign language, and descriptive video service, with an acceptable level of quality. In this study, we review the current trends of, and concerns related to, broadcasting services for disabled people, as well as technological trends, and proposals for increasing visibility and accessibility to broadcasting for hearing-impaired people.

• 한국방송∙미디어공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국방송∙미디어공학회 2020년도 하계학술대회
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• pp.476-478
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• 2020

공항은 다양한 시설들이 혼재되어 있는 복합 공간으로 원하는 장소로 이동하기 위해서는 지도나 표지판뿐만 아니라 유·무인 안내 서비스를 이용하는 것이 필수적이다. 그러나 이러한 시설 안내 서비스는 이용객의 대다수를 차지하는 비장애인을 기준으로 설계되어 있는 것이 대부분이며, 특히 청각장애인은 음성 언어인 한국어를 통한 의사소통이 어려워 이러한 안내 서비스의 사각 지대에 놓여있다고 볼 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 청각장애인을 대상으로 공항 내 시설 위치 안내 서비스를 제공하는 키오스크를 구현하기 위해 마커리스(makerless) 한국 수어 인식 기술을 적용하는 방법을 제안한다. 기존의 알고리즘들이 수어를 인식하기 위해 사용자의 신체에 마커(marker)를 부착하거나 사용에 제약이 있는 깊이, 자기장 센서 등을 활용한 데 반해, 특징점 기반의 인식 기술은 별도의 마커 없이 RGB 영상만을 활용하여 수어를 인식하기 때문에 사용자의 편의성을 극대화할 수 있는 방법이다. 영상 기반의 마커리스 수어 인식 기술을 위치 안내 키오스크에 적용함으로써 청각장애인이 다른 사람의 도움 없이 공항 시설을 쉽고 안전하게 이용할 수 있도록 지원할 수 있으며, 나아가 배리어프리 (barrier-free) 공항을 구현하는 데에 큰 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.106-113
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• 2013

Background: For Korean pharmaceutical industry to continue to grow, it is requisite to enter the global markets of developed countries. However, the export volume has fallen short of 10% of the gross sales and the industry has only recently warming up to prepare the globalization along with suchlike the Columbus Project. Purpose: This research was conducted to identify the difficulties Korean pharmaceutical companies perceived and to discover the gap in the needs for the government aid the companies have been seeking in the purpose of entering the developed pharmaceutical markets. Method: A survey method was used for this research. Six experts were surveyed and provided comments for the pre-questionnaire. Then, a final questionnaire was developed consisting of 10 items on regulatory-related and another 10 items on non-regulatory-related factors in drug exportation using the Likert scale (1 to 5). The survey sample was 30 Korean companies which have participated in the Columbus Project since 2010. Results: Nineteen (63%) companies responded to the survey. Most companies perceived difficulty (mean = 4.19) over the entire pathway of the regulatory process of global markets. Clinical trials and post-marketing surveillance were remarked as the most difficult barrier to follow the regulatory globalization. Among non-regulatory related factors, marketing, arranging a distribution network, obtaining experts, and projecting a timeline in exportation were brought up as the most difficulty. Conclusion: Especially, cost and language barrier were considered as the main cause producing these difficulties across regulatory and non-regulatory processes and accordingly, securing both long term budget and experts at governmental level was suggested by the domestic pharmaceutical companies.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.355-375
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• 2007

본 연구는 생태관광, 글로벌 교육의 개념을 토대로 다소 연구 성과가 미흡한 오세아니아지역에 대하여 생태관광자원의 지리적 특징을 파악하고 호주 Cairns 지역을 사례로 현지답사를 한 후, 생태자원의 교육적 활용에 대해 고찰하였다. 답사지역은 Great Barrier Reef의 Green 섬, Queensland주 열대우림의 Barron Gorge 국립공원 삼림탐방프로그램, Eairns 근교 호주나비보호구역, Tjabutkai 원주민 문화공원을 선정하여 현지답사를 수행하였다. 사례연구를 통해 의미있는 글로벌 교육적 활용방안을 살펴보면 Green섬에서는 특수 제작된 수중관측소와 바닥이 유리로 된 배 등을 도입하여 해양생태를 효과적으로 보존하면서 탐사하도록 했고, 잘 디자인된 탐방로와 탐방시간 안내판 그리고 친절하게 생태교육을 담당하는 공원관리원이 주재하는 삼림탐방프로그램이 마련되었으며, 옛 산업열차를 보완하여 관광용열차로 재활용한 것은 환경보호를 위한 좋은 본보기였다. 나비보호구역에서는 여러 언어를 지원하는 안내체계를 갖추고 전문가와 함께하는 해설프로그램을 마련하였으며, 전 세계의 방문객들에게 원주민의 생활을 체험할 수 있도록 프로그램을 고안하여 자신의 문화를 널리 알리고, 방문객에게도 교육적인 효과를 충족시킬 수 있도록 하였다.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.59-73
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• 2003

인터넷 가상공간에서 서로 다른 언어 사이의 언어 장벽을 극복하기 위한 한 방법으로 CG 애니메이션 기술을 이용한 수화 통신 시스템이 연구되고 있다. 지금까지 연구에서는 비언어 통신 수단으로서 팔과 손의 제스춰만을 고려하였으나, 얼굴 표정이 의사전달에 중요한 요소가 된다. 특히 사실적인 감정표현보다는 얼굴 요소가 과장된 코믹한 표현이 보다 효과적이고, 또 눈썹, 눈, 입 등의 AU(Action Units)만이 아니라 뺨과 턱의 움직임도 중요한 역할을 하게 됨을 알게 되었다. 따라서 3D 표정 생성 에디터에서 AU를 추출하고, 보다 효율적을 표정 생성을 위해 FACS(Facial Action Unit)으로 분류한다. 또 기존에 표정 에디터에 비해서 제안된 표정 에디터는 PAU에 대한 강도를 강하게 줌으로써, 6가지 표정을 분리할 수 있음을 보인다. 또한 얼굴 표정 생성에서 “뺨을 올림”과 “턱을 내림”에 대한 움직임을 자동화하기 위해서 포물형 편미분식(Parabolic Partial Differential Equations)과 Runge-Kutta법을 이용하여 보다 자연스러운 표정을 생성하였다. 또한 이를 이용하여 구조가 서로 다른 아바타 모델에 감정을 재생하는 방법을 제안하였다. 본 방법을 윈도우 플렛폼에서 Visual C＋＋와 Open Inventor 라이브러리를 이용하여 구현하였으며, 실험 결과 언어의 장벽을 넘을 수 있는 비언어 통신수단으로 이용될 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권8호
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• pp.15-24
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• 2022

The article clarifies the conditions for information, digital and educational accessibility for higher education seekers with disabilities in terms of distance learning caused by quarantine restrictions. It is established that such conditions are regulated by international and Ukrainian legal documents (The Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Sustainable Development Goals, Law of Ukraine "On Education", Law of Ukraine "On Higher Education", Strategy for the Development of Higher Education in Ukraine 2021-2031, Development Strategy areas of innovation for the period up to 2030, Development strategy of the sphere of innovation activity for the period up to 2030). As a part of information barrierlessness, Higher Education Institutions (HEI) should provide access to information in various formats and using technologies, in particular Braille script, large-type printing, audio description (audio descriptive commenting), sign language interpretation, subtitling, a format suitable for reading by screen access programs, formats of simple speech, easy-to-read formats, means of alternative communication. The experience of Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University is described. In particular, special attention is paid to the study of sign language: in view of this, the initiative group implemented the project "Learning to hear and overcome social isolation together" with the financial support of the British Council in Ukraine. Within the framework of digital accessibility, the official website of the Faculty of Social and Psychological Education has been adapted for the visually impaired in accordance with WCAG 2.0 World Standards. In 2021, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University implemented the project "Cultural, Recreational and Tourist Cherkasy Region: Inclusive Social 3D Map" funded by the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation; a site with available content for online travel in the region to provide barrier-free access to the historical and cultural heritage of Cherkasy region was created. Educational accessibility is achieved by increasing the number of people with special educational needs, receiving education in inclusive groups; activities of the Center for Social and Educational Integration and Inclusive Rehabilitation Social Tourism "Bez barieriv" ("Without barriers"); implementation of a research topic for financing the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine: "Social and psychological rehabilitation of children and youth with special educational needs by means of inclusive tourism"; implementation of the project "Social inclusion of distance educational process"; development of information campaigns to popularize the ideas of accessibility, the need for its implementation, ongoing training programs and competitions, etc.