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A Reassessment of Japan's Monetary Policy during the Great Depression: The Constraints and Remedies
No full textTemin [1989] and Eichengreen [1992] argue that monetary policy played a key role in each country's economic performance during the Great Depression, and that some European policymakers hesitated to pursue an expansionary monetary policy even after departing from gold. Why did these policymakers not pursue the opportunities they were able to pursue to the fullest extent? This study explores this issue by looking at the case of Japan, focusing on the constraints it faced and the remedies available to it as a small, open economy. This study explores the relationship between interest rates in Japan and in the major international financial centers, using a new series of representative long-term interest rates and narratives. This study reveals that Japan imposed a restrictive monetary policy on itself even after departing from the gold standard. Japan did so because it needed to maintain its ties both with its trading partners and with the international financial markets.
Correction to: Comparison of glycyrrhizin content in 25 major kinds of Kampo extracts containing Glycyrrhizae Radix used clinically in Japan
No full textThe article Comparison of glycyrrhizin content in 25 major kinds of Kampo extracts containing Glycyrrhizae Radix used clinically in Japan, written by Mitsuhiko Nose, Momoka Tada, Rika Kojima, Kumiko Nagata, Shinsuke Hisaka, Sayaka Masada, Masato Homma and Takashi Hakamatsuka, was originally published Online First without open access. After publication in volume 71, issue 4, page 711–722 the author decided to opt for Open Choice and to make the article an open access publication. Therefore, the copyright of the article has been changed to © The Author(s) 2018 and the article is forthwith distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, duplication, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.</jats:p
ON "RAIN-WIND INDUCED VIBRATION"OF INCLINED CABLES
No full textThis study aims the clarification of aerodynamic characteristics of an inclined cable inrelation with "rain-wind induced vibration". Inclined cables were cleared to be essentiallyunstable in wind tunnel test. Axial flow observed in the near wake plays an extremelyimportant role for this aerodynamic instability. In almost cases of prototype cable-stayedbridges, the instability seems to be sensitively stabilized by the turbulence of the natural wind, high Scruton number and so on. When it rains, the hidden instability sometimes appearsagain by forming water rivulet on cable surface.This study aims the clarification of aerodynamic characteristics of an inclined cable inrelation with "rain-wind induced vibration". Inclined cables were cleared to be essentiallyunstable in wind tunnel test. Axial flow observed in the near wake plays an extremelyimportant role for this aerodynamic instability. In almost cases of prototype cable-stayedbridges, the instability seems to be sensitively stabilized by the turbulence of the natural wind,high Scruton number and so on. When it rains, the hidden instability sometimes appearsagain by forming water rivulet on cable surface
Rubin-Stark elements and ideal class groups (Algebraic Number Theory and Related Topics 2013)
No full text"Algebraic Number Theory and Related Topics 2013". December 9～13, 2013. edited by Tadashi Ochiai, Takeshi Tsuji and Iwao Kimura. The papers presented in this volume of RIMS Kôkyûroku Bessatsu are in final form and refereed.This article is a survey of the Galois module structure of the class groups of number fields, and of their relation with the L-values. After we explain several classical results, e.g., the order of a character component of a class group, etc., we introduce the Rubin-Stark conjecture in Rubin [27], which asserts the existence of certain algebraic elements related to the L-values. We also explain some new properties of Rubin-Stark elements obtained in a joint work of the author with D. Burns and T. Sano [7], including the description of the Fitting ideals of class groups and certain cohomology groups. We also give several concrete examples
“Masato de Yuca” and “Chicha de Siete Semillas” Two Traditional Vegetable Fermented Beverages from Peru as Source for the Isolation of Potential Probiotic Bacteria
No full textOpen Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This research was funded by the Ibero-American Programme on Science and Technology for Development (CYTED), grant number 917PTE0537. The Spanish team was funded by the “Agencia Estatal de Investigación” and the “Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional” (AEI/FEDER, UE), grant number PCIN2017-075″. The Peruvian team was funded by the National Council of Science and Technology and Innovation of Peru through its execution unit National Fund for Scientific, Technological and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC/FONDECYT), grant No. 001–2017.In this work, two Peruvian beverages “Masato de Yuca,” typical of the Amazonian communities made from cassava (Manihot esculenta), and “Chicha de Siete Semillas,” made from different cereal, pseudo-cereal, and legume flours, were explored for the isolation of lactic acid bacteria after obtaining the permission of local authorities following Nagoya protocol. From an initial number of 33 isolates, 16 strains with different RAPD- and REP-PCR genetic profiles were obtained. In Chicha, all strains were Lactiplantibacillus plantarum (formerly Lactobacillus plantarum), whereas in Masato, in addition to this species, Limosilactobacillus fermentum (formerly Lactobacillus fermentum), Pediococcus acidilactici, and Weissella confusa were also identified. Correlation analysis carried out with their carbohydrate fermentation patterns and enzymatic profiles allowed a clustering of the lactobacilli separated from the other genera. Finally, the 16 strains were submitted to a static in vitro digestion (INFOGEST model) that simulated the gastrointestinal transit. Besides, their ability to adhere to the human epithelial intestinal cell line HT29 was also determined. Following both procedures, the best probiotic candidate was Lac. plantarum Ch13, a robust strain able to better face the challenging conditions of the gastrointestinal tract and showing higher adhesion ability to the intestinal epithelium in comparison with the commercial probiotic strain 299v. In order to characterize its benefit for human health, this Ch13 strain will be deeply studied in further works. © 2021, The Author(s).Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - Concyte
Financing small and medium sized enterprises for sustainable development : a view from the Asia-Pacific region
No full textMacroeconomic Policy and Development Division, working paper series.This discussion paper was prepared for ESCAP by Nick Freeman, Independent Economic Development Consultant.
The author gratefully acknowledges the contributions made by Masato Abe, Sailendra Narain, Michael Troilo and J. S. Juneja
Minimization problem on the Hardy-Sobolev inequality and on the Sobolev embedding for Lebesgue space with variable exponent
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Environmental Violence in Minamata: Responsibility, Resistance, and Religiosity in the Case of Ogata Masato and Hongan no Kai
No full textThe small town of Minamata is infamous for the industrial disease named after the city. This disease resulted from having ingested methyl mercury, a substance released for more than three decades by a factory owned by the Chisso Corporation. Upon entering the human body, mercury affects the nervous system, resulting in paralysis, and often leading to a slow death. Examining how such violence was inflicted on human beings and on the environment involves a complex array of economic, environmental, and sociocultural issues, all revolving around the notions of justice and responsibility. This article analyzes the local residents’ responses to the irreparable damage done to them, focusing in particular on the thoughts and actions put forward by Ogata Masato and a group called Hongan no kai, who chose to carve bodhisattva statues. Investigating the victims’ religiosity, the author argues that the praxis put forward by the Minamata people resonates with the perspective articulated by Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben. After having witnessed how justice had been exhausted and their case had been lost in the Japanese legal system, the victims showed their resilience in coming up with original responses, which also offer valuable insight into current discussions centered on environmental ethics
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