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Mami Shiraishi, Katsuaki Mishima, Masahiro Takekawa, Masaaki Mori and Hirotsugu Umeda
This study aimed to establish and verify the validity of an acoustic simulation method during sustained phonation of the Japanese vowels /i/ and /u/. The study participants were six healthy adults. First, vocal tract models were constructed based on comp...
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Taketo Eguchi and Masahiro Tasumi
This study investigated two popular satellite-derived vegetation indices (VIs), MODIS NDVI and EVI, as tools for monitoring crop growth at the Thapanzeik Dam irrigation district in Myanmar, where quality ground data are difficult to obtain. The time-seri...
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N?guessan Yves-Roland Douha, Masahiro Sasabe, Yuzo Taenaka and Youki Kadobayashi
In the digital era, smart-home users face growing threats from cyberattacks that threaten their privacy and security. Hence, it is essential for smart-home users to prioritize cybersecurity education and training to secure their homes. Despite this, the ...
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Hiroki Itahara, Mitsuhiko Kimoto, Takamasa Iio, Katsunori Shimohara and Masahiro Shiomi
Investigating the effects of observing discussions between social robots. A potential application is the design of social robot behaviors in scenarios where robots provide information via conversations.
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Masahiro Kanazaki and Nao Setoguchi
The forward-swept wing (FSW), one of the wing planforms used in aircraft, is known for its high performance in reducing wave drag. Additionally, a study has shown that this wing planform can mitigate sonic booms, which pose a significant challenge to ach...
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Yuki Kishi, Risato Yashiro and Masahiro Kanazaki
Forward-swept wings can be expected to be lower-boom planforms with similar amount of drag as backward-swept wings because of their good lift distributions. In this study, the equivalent area distribution of a ten-seater supersonic forward-swept wing air...
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Yuji Takubo and Masahiro Kanazaki
Landing of supersonic transport (SST) suffers from a large uncertainty due to its highly sensitive aerodynamic properties in the subsonic domain, as well as the wind gusts around runways. At the vehicle design stage, a landing trajectory optimization und...
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Takashi Kawano, Goro Moriki, Shinya Bono, Junya Masumoto, Nobuyuki Kaji, Hungu Jung and Masahiro Yamasaki
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of an adapted sports intervention on elderly women in need of long-term care (NLTC). Although participation in sports activities positively impacts subjective health status, few studies have evaluated the safety, ...
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Reo Matsumura and Masahiro Shiomi
Investigating the effects of a social robot on sales in shopping malls. A potential application is the design of social robot behaviors in scenarios where robots work as salesclerks in real shops.
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Yanhui Zhu, Kosuke Mizutani, Kenji Minami, Hokuto Shirakawa, Yohei Kawauchi, Huamei Shao, Makoto Tomiyasu, Yuka Iwahara, Tsutomu Tamura, Masahiro Ogawa, Kai Tatsuyama and Kazushi Miyashita
The sandeel species (Ammodytes spp.) occupy a critical ecological position in connecting lower trophic levels to higher ones. However, they are strongly affected by the marine environment and their catch rates are trending downward. In this study, the ta...
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