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The ebb and flow of Japanese educational reform
No full textThrough analysis of Japanese educational reform this paper draws attention to key historical and cultural aspects of Japan's modern educational system. Links are drawn to the influence socio-political transformations have had on the Japanese educational systems within three periods of radical reform beginning with the Meiji restoration in 1871, moving onto the Occupation led reforms after the Second World War and concluding with a analysis of contemporary neo-liberal reforms. The paper argues that one of most important aspects to emerge from the antecedence of contemporary Japanese education is the manner in which reform impacts on educators who have been directed to perform and conduct themselves in ways that fundamentally alter traditional\ud
Japanese work/cultural practices. The paper aims to introduce Japanese educational reform to a new readership while also providing a source of analysis directed towards the impact of global educational reform outside Western contexts
精神疾患における電気けいれん療法の神経生理学的変化―非線形脳波解析による検討―
No full text以下に掲載：Journal of Affective Disorders 150 pp.389-392 2013. Elsevier 共著者：Ryoko Okazaki, Tetsuya Takahashi ,Kanji Ueno, Koichi Takahashi, Masato Higashirna, Yuji Wada以下に掲載：Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 9(106) pp.1-7 2015. Frontiers 共著者：Ryoko Okazaki, Tetsuya Takahashi, Kanji Ueno, Koichi Takahashi, Makoto Ishitobi, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Masato Higashima, Yuji Wad
From the plate to the brain: associations between dietary patterns and reduced dementia prevalence and white matter lesions in older Japanese adults
No full textPreKURA:1124*Japan Prospective Studies Collaboration for Aging, Dementia (JPSC-AD) study group:
Jun Hata, Mao Shibata, Takanori Honda, Tomoyuki Ohara, Masato Akiyama, Koichi Murashita, Tatsuya Mikami, Songee Jung, Mina Misawa, Naoki Ishizuka, Hiroshi Akasaka, Yasuo Terayama, Hisashi Yonezawa, Junko Takahashi, Masahito Yamada, Kazuo Iwasa, Sohshi Yuki-Nozaki, Shogyoku Bun, Hidehito Niimura, Ryo Shikimoto, Hisashi Kida, Yasuyo Fukada, Hisanori Kowa, Kenji Wada, Masafumi Kishi, Takaaki Mori, Yuta Yoshino, Hideaki Shimizu, Ayumi Tachibana, Shu-ichi Ueno, Tomohisa Ishikawa, Ryuji Fukuhara, Asuka Koyama, Mamoru Hashimoto, Manabu Ikeda, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Midori Esaki, Yuji Takano, Koji Yonemoto, Hisako Yoshida, Kaori Muto, Yusuke Inoue, Yukihide Momozawa, Chikashi Terao, Michiaki Kubo & Yutaka Kiyoharajournal articl
Peripelvic extravasation after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: a case report
No full textWe experienced a case of peripelvic extravasation after extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) treatment. A 62-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a complaint of macroscopic hematuria. The patient was diagnosed as having a radiolucent stone in the right kidney and ESWL treatment was performed to focus the stone by using drip infusion pyelography (DIP) under epidural anesthesia. The patient had right flank pain two weeks after ESWL treatment. DIP and computerized tomography (CT) showed peripelvic extravasation of contrast medium. Right pain improved after a double-J catheter was placed for decreasing intra-pelvic pressure. As a result, the disappearance of peripelvic extravasation was recognized by DIP and CT. We reviewed four cases of peripelvic extravasation after ESWL treatment including our case in the Japanese literatures and discussed the cause of peripelvic extravasation after ESWL treatment
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
“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
No full textEnvironmental 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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