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森本, 桂矢

Japanese

イオンビーム照射による 4H-SiC の表面粗さの変化

TANG Xiaobin

English

Defect-oriented Built-In Self-Test for Analog Mixed-Signal Circuits

Hirose, Junichi

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論 文 内 容 の 要 旨 
 
Sustainability is crucial in protecting our planet and future generations and growing concerns for 
globalism, capitalism and environmental problems. Sustainable development goals (SDGs) have 
become common missions for humanity all over the world. Thus, it is crucial to understand what factors 
facilitate SDGs to suggest the proper mechanism to improve and maintain sustainability. This doctoral 
thesis attempts to find the paths for materializing SDGs from both aspects of peripersonal (whatever is 
in your arm's reach directly, such as human relations) and extrapersonal (whatever is beyond your 
arm's reach directly, such as global climate change) sides of human nature, for example, wellbeing 
(happiness), generativity, social preferences, perceptions and scientific knowledge). To this purpose, the 
thesis applies a questionnaire and survey experiments and collects primary data to examine 
determinants of wellbeing (happiness) at the individual levels, empirically explores the potential factors 
concerning inquisitive and autonomous people to influence wellbeing (happiness) and generativity in 
place with different cultures, addresses the relationships between the perception and people's 
cooperative attitude toward global issues (i.e., climate change). 
 
As Max Weber expects, modernization has been promoted by making everything, including humans, 
countable and creating a computable world. Many countries have adopted democracy and capitalism as 
their social and economic institutions, providing individuals with freedom of choice and voice in various 
products and services, pursuing further economic growth and prosperity. Consequently, democracy and 
capitalism bring consumerism, individualism and self-maximization behaviors to be a primary source 
of satisfaction with life, leading to various intergenerational problems for sustainability. Nowadays, 
sustainability is crucial in protecting our planet and future generations and growing concerns for 
globalism, capitalism and environmental problems. Therefore, sustainable development goals (SDGs) 
are established and advocated as the missions for humanity, now a slogan for sustainability worldwide. 
However, little is known about what types of people or societies are likely to follow the paths for SDGs 
steadily and what kinds of indicators people in societies must enhance to achieve these goals. Thus, it is 
crucial to understand what factors facilitate SDGs to suggest the proper mechanism to improve and 
maintain sustainability. 
 
Several studies have reported that people's brain manages the external world by dividing it into 
separate spaces, such as the peripersonal (whatever is in your arm's reach) and extrapersonal 
(whatever is beyond your arm's reach). Any interaction in the extrapersonal space will occur in the 
future because distance is linked to time. Having experiences in the peripersonal space, such as 
touching, tasting and holding, will bring people happiness, sadness and joy. By contrast, acquiring 
something out of your reach may require effort, time and planning. Both peripersonal and 
extrapersonal spaces are essential for people's collective (or personal) survival strategies or 
sustainability. As for the peripersonal space, wellbeing (happiness) correlates positively with achieving 
SDGs. Generativity (a concern regarding the establishment and guiding of future generations) is also 
known to contribute to SDGs because it facilitates intergenerational cultural and resource transfers 
between current and future generations. As for the extrapersonal space, perception, concept and 
scientific knowledge are essential for tackling global issues, such as international politics, economy and 
climate change. This thesis attempts to find the paths for materializing SDGs from peripersonal and 
extrapersonal sides of human nature, for example, wellbeing (happiness), generativity, social 
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preferences, perceptions and scientific knowledge. 
 
Previous studies have examined several potential determinants of happiness or wellbeing in the last 
decades. Other researchers have found positive relationships between generativity and happiness, often 
along with social preferences (i.e., prosocial behaviors, such as monetary donation, buying some gifts for 
friends or volunteering). Aknin et al. (2012) conduct survey experiments with Canadian University 
students, claiming that social preferences are positively associated with happiness and that a positive 
feedback loop exists between the two. Timilsina et al. (2019) compare prosociality and generativity 
between rural and urban people by conducting survey experiments in Nepal. They find that rural 
people are more prosocial and generative than urban ones, and claim that prosocial orientation shall 
contribute to generativity. Building upon Timilsina et al. (2019), Shahen et al. (2019) conduct similar 
types of survey experiments in rural and urban areas of Bangladesh, collecting data on happiness and 
generativity along with prosociality and other variables. They establish that generativity is a robust 
and consistent predictor of happiness, controlling for prosociality and other key sociodemographic 
factors in the analyses. These studies suggest that generativity and prosociality can influence 
happiness. 
 
Past studies have examined that autonomy (being independent & resisting social pressure) and 
inquisitiveness (adaptability to new social and/or environmental changes) are fundamental personal 
elements to characterize people's wellbeing and sustainability. Other researchers claim that people in 
tradition-oriented societies are usually reluctant to accept something and someone different or new (low 
inquisitiveness) and tend to follow indigenous rules without expressing their opinions (low autonomy) 
for maintaining sustainability in their communities. Other studies have empirically examined the 
relationship between wellbeing, generativity and social preferences, attracting attention to the 
emergence of sustainability problems and finding mixed results for associations among these factors. 
Other studies argue that generativity (a concern and commitment for the next generations) and 
wellbeing are highly associated with one another, being essential predictors for sustainability or SDGs. 
That is, people shall be sustainable when they are generative and happy in their daily life. These 
studies suggest that generativity and wellbeing will be essential elements of SDGs. 
 
Climate change is a serious problem that requires people's cooperation to reach sustainable 
development goals (SDGs). There have been several types of research to analyze how people become 
cooperative against climate change. These studies establish that correct perception and knowledge of 
climate change are positively associated with cooperative attitudes, whereas a wide variety of gaps in 
such perceptions exist. Past studies have examined people's perceptions of the cause of climate change. 
Some researchers report that climate-change-specific beliefs, particularly whether people believe in the 
human-induced causes of climate change and/or whether they connect the locally observed impacts to 
climate change, are the most prominent determinants of risk perception. Other researchers implement 
surveys on people's perceptions and cooperative attitudes toward climate problems proxied by their 
willingness to pay (WTP). O’Connor et al. (1999) examine the relationship between people's risk 
perceptions and their WTP for climate problems, reporting that an environmental belief is a strong 
predictor of behavioral intentions for voluntary actions. These studies have demonstrated that people's 
perceptions generally influence their cooperative attitudes toward climate change. 
 
No previous works have explored the primary paths for sustainable development goals (SDGs) 
concerning the peripersonal and extrapersonal factors, such as wellbeing (happiness), generativity and 
people's perception of global issues. Therefore, in the first stage, this research analyzes determinants of 
people's wellbeing (happiness) and generativity along with inquisitiveness, social value orientation 
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(SVO) and sociodemographic factors in Japan. In the second stage, this research analyzes determinants 
of people's wellbeing (happiness) and generativity along with autonomy, inquisitiveness, SVO and 
sociodemographic factors in matrilineal Island Palau. The author chooses Palau as the field, because 
rapid social and environmental changes are ongoing from traditional to modern societies, and a wide 
variation of people is expected to be observed, as compared to any other nation, even with a small 
sample size. In the third stage, this research addresses the relationships between the perception and 
people's cooperative attitude toward global issues (i.e., climate change) through survey experiments 
with actual payment. The later parts of this thesis are organized as follows: chapter 2, entitled `̀ How 
does inquisitiveness matter for generativity and happiness?'' presents the details of the survey 
conducted in the urban and nonurban areas in Japan and the main results. Chapter 3 entitled ``How 
do autonomy and inquisitiveness play roles in sustainable development? Implications from matrilineal 
Island Palau'' has approached the essential factors for people to facilitate SDGs (i.e., wellbeing and 
generativity) in relation to autonomy and inquisitiveness by considering different societies and 
providing insight into the age, gender and cultural differences are presented in chapter 4, entitled `̀ Is 
climate change induced by humans? The impact of the gap in perceptions on cooperation.'' examines the 
factors that affect people's cooperation against climate change, concerning prosociality, scientific literacy 
and perceptions. 
 
The first study in this thesis examines relationships between happiness, the concern for inquisitiveness 
(curiosity & acceptance to something and someone different), generativity, social preferences, along 
with sociodemographic factors, within a single analytical framework. This study hypothesizes that 
inquisitiveness is a fundamental determinant of generativity and happiness, posing two research 
questions (1) Does inquisitiveness play a role in generativity? (2) How does inquisitiveness, along with 
generativity, affect people's happiness? This study conducts questionnaire surveys with 400 Japanese 
subjects, applying quantile regression and structural equation modeling to the data. This study 
empirically characterizes determinants of wellbeing (happiness) with the data, focusing on generativity 
and inquisitiveness, controlling for sociodemographic factors. First, the analysis identifies the 
importance of inquisitiveness in characterizing generativity in that people with high inquisitiveness 
tend to be generative. Second, people are identified to be happy as they have high generativity and 
inquisitiveness, demonstrating two influential roles of inquisitiveness as direct and indirect 
determinants through a mediator of generativity. Overall, the results suggest that inquisitiveness shall 
be an essential element of people's happiness through intergenerational and intragenerational 
communication. 
 
In the second study, the thesis considers that generativity and wellbeing shall be necessary and salient 
indicators people in societies must enhance to achieve SDGs, hypothesizing that people with high 
autonomy (being independent & resisting social pressure) and inquisitiveness (adaptability to new 
social and/or environmental changes) tend to be generative and happy. To empirically examine the 
hypothesis, we take people's generativity and wellbeing as essential elements of SDGs and statistically 
characterize them in relation to autonomy and inquisitiveness with the data from survey experiments 
of 413 residents in matrilineal Island Palau. We choose Palau as the field, because rapid social and 
environmental changes are ongoing from traditional to modern societies and a wide variation of people 
is expected to be observed compared to any field in other nations, even with a small sample size. We 
find two main results in this research. First, the analysis identifies the importance of inquisitiveness in 
that people with high inquisitiveness tend to be generative. Second, people's wellbeing is high as they 
are generative, autonomous and inquisitive, demonstrating two influential roles of inquisitiveness on 
happiness as direct and indirect determinants through a mediator of generativity. Overall, the results 
suggest that autonomy and inquisitiveness contribute to people's generativity and wellbeing even in 
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tradition-oriented societies, such as Palau, and their improvements are considered specific paths for 
materializing SDGs. 
 
In the third study, the thesis analyzes the determinants of human-induced perception and the impact 
of the gap in perceptions on cooperative behaviors toward climate change by conducting a survey 
experiment with a climate donation game with 400 Japanese subjects. This study empirically 
characterizes determinants of people's cooperative behaviors through the climate donation game with 
the data, focusing on social value orientation (SVO), scientific literacy and the perception of the cause of 
climate change, controlling for sociodemographic factors. First, the analysis identifies the importance of 
people's scientific literacy in explaining the perception gaps in that those with high scientific literacy 
tend to have the perception of human-induced climate change. Second, people are identified as being 
cooperative toward climate change, as they have a prosocial value orientation, high scientific literacy 
and the perception of human-induced climate change, demonstrating two critical roles of scientific 
literacy as not only a direct determinant but also an indirect one, through a mediator of people's 
perceptions. Overall, the results suggest that scientific literacy shall be a key to enhancing cooperation 
toward climate change by promoting the perception of human-induced climate change. 


Exploring pathways to sustainable development: Empirical analyses of wellbeing and cooperative behaviors for current and future generations.

神崎, 智宏

ゼブラフィッシュ胚における緑色および赤色蛍光タンパク質 バリアントの比較

椙尾, 浩大

sox11aの複合タグノックインラインの確立とノックインラインを利用した Sox11a の解析

小田, 駿斗

対戦型2048における評価関数の強化学習と性能の比較に関する研究

秦, 睦人

酸化亜鉛系B領域紫外線センサーの開発

NOHA ISMAIL , MEDHAT MOHAMED ISMAIL

Improved Analyzing Method of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to Discriminate between Active and Inactive Surface Deformation

松尾, 泰

 
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氏 名（本籍） 松尾 泰（神奈川県） 
学位の種類   博士（学術） 
学位記番号   甲第 400 号 
学位授与年月日 令和５年３月 17日 
学位授与の要件 学位規則第４条第１項 
研究科・専攻名 工学研究科・基盤工学専攻 
学位論文題目  Accounting thinking skills acquired by trainees in training for management 
personnel candidates 
（経営人材候補者育成研修において研修受講者が習得した会計思考力） 
論文審査    （主査）高知工科大学  教授  那須 清吾 
高知工科大学  教授  中川 善典 
高知工科大学  教授  林 一夫 
高知工科大学  教授  上村 浩 
高知工科大学  教授  高木 方隆 
 
 
審 査 結 果 の 要 旨 
 
１.論文の評価 
 会計思考力習得を目的とする経営人材候補者育成研修において、受講者が自社を部門視点、全社視点、
短期的視点、長期的視点を行き来する現象を参与観察で確認し、そのプロセスにより経営における改善
策や進むべき方向性を考える能力を獲得できることを示した。また、それが習得した会計知識や新規事
業検討によることで実現することを示したが、新規事業は既存事業のように経営活動のプロセスが決ま
っていないのでゼロベースで事業内容を考える必要があることが重要な要因であることを確認した。 
現在の会計教育は、会計知識を学び経営に活用されていない事が多い。新規事業を検討することで
Bonner（2007）が指摘しているように習得した会計知識と新規事業検討を行うために受講者が保有し
ている暗黙知や詳細な情報が融合することにより経営に活用されるものに変化することを確認した。 
会計研修を対象としたこのような研究事例はほとんどなく、本研究は有能な過去の経営者の発現や研
究を踏まえて設計された研修により実験で確認された貴重な研究成果であると言える。また、研修の成
果発現に関わる一般的な示唆にもなっていると考える。 
 
 
２.審査の経過と結果 
（１）令和５年１月 11 日 ５名の審査委員のもと協議され、博士後期課程委員会で学位論文の受理
を決定した。 
（２）令和５年２月 14 日 公開論文審査発表会及び最終試験を実施した。 
（３）令和５年３月３日 博士後期課程委員会で学位授与を可とし、教育研究審議会で承認された。 


経営人材候補者育成研修において研修受講者が習得した会計思考力

李, 朝陽

堀沢, 栄

芝田, 京子

新田, 紀子

村山, 浩美

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