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Nanami Taketomi, Hirofumi Michimae, Yuan-Tsung Chang and Takeshi Emura
Meta-analysis is an indispensable tool for synthesizing statistical results obtained from individual studies. Recently, non-Bayesian estimators for individual means were proposed by applying three methods: the James?Stein (JS) shrinkage estimator, isoton...
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Noor Fazreen Dzulkafli, Akbariah Mahdzir and Hirofumi Hara
The study of organic matter characterisation in coastal sediment is useful for understanding how dissolved organic matter (DOM) reactivity influences the fate of pollutants in the aquatic environment. However, there is little information available on the...
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Pahaerdin Nazhakaiti, Hirofumi Tsutsui and Taro Urase
Environmental management for the use of sewage sludge in rice paddy fields.
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Hirofumi Hashimoto, Ramakrishna R. Nemani, Govindasamy Bala, Long Cao, Andrew R. Michaelis, Sangram Ganguly, Weile Wang, Cristina Milesi, Ryan Eastman, Tsengdar Lee and Ranga Myneni
We qualitatively and quantitatively assessed the factors related to vegetation growth using Earth system models and corroborated the results with historical climate observations. The Earth system models showed a systematic greening by the late 21st centu...
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Shigeaki Okumura, Vu-Hieu Nguyen, Hirofumi Taki, Guillaume Haïat, Salah Naili and Toru Sato
Quantitative ultrasound techniques for assessment of bone quality have been attracting significant research attention. The axial transmission technique, which involves analysis of ultrasonic guided waves propagating along cortical bone, has been proposed...
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Maziar Ahmad Sharbafi, Hirofumi Shin, Guoping Zhao, Koh Hosoda and Andre Seyfarth
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Hirofumi Yotsutsuji, Hideyuki Kita, Jian Xing, Shoichi Hirai
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We employ as a speeding-accident rate index the probability of an accident caused by speeding on a curved expressway. This is defined as the probability that the actual speed of a car entering a curve exceeds the maximum safe speed of the curve in accord...
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Hideyuki Kita, Hirofumi Yotsutsuji, Mutsuki Ikemiya, Yoko Suga
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A few researchers have applied Sen's capability approach to rural public transport planning. However, previous studies have yet to clarify what the traditional utility approach is missing or why the capability approach is useful. The aims of this study a...
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Hideyuki Kita, Hirofumi Yotsutsuji, Ryo Asaka, Jyun Tsujitani, Tomotaka Watanabe
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Developing driver-oriented highway performance measures is the key to performance-based highway design. Highways should be designed so that an appropriate performance measure corresponding to major highway functions can achieve a required level of qualit...
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Yota Suzuki, Seiichiro Ioka and Hirofumi Muraoka
To promote geothermal development in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, this study compiled a database of the geothermal resources of the prefecture, which included chemical data for 786 hot springs, temperature data for 26 natural springs, and subsurface tempera...
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