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Toshiharu Kojima, Ryoma Shimono, Takahiro Ota, Hiroshi Hashimoto and Yasuhiro Hasegawa
The ecosystem services of forests, such as the water conservation function, are the combined results of diverse processes, and the modification of one part of a forest affects each ecosystem service separately via complex processes. It is necessary to de...
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Takahiro Yoshikawa and Toshihiro Noda
Immense liquefaction damage was observed in the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake. It was reported that, in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, the main shock oozed muddy water from the sandy ground and the aftershock which occurred 29 min after the m...
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Yoko Sakai, Masanari Matsumura, Hideki Yamada, Atsushi Doi, Isao Saito, Takahiro Iwao and Tamihide Matsunaga
There is an increasing need to develop alternatives to animal modeling and testing for pre-clinical studies as researchers face major challenges, such as the study of dynamic systems in laboratory settings. Microphysiological system (MPS) technology has ...
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Yu Cao, Kan Ni, Xiongwen Jiang, Taiga Kuroiwa, Haohao Zhang, Takahiro Kawaguchi, Seiji Hashimoto and Wei Jiang
The potential of autonomous driving technology to revolutionize the transportation industry has attracted significant attention. Path following, a fundamental task in autonomous driving, involves accurately and safely guiding a vehicle along a specified ...
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Shuya Tanaka, Atsuyuki Inui, Yutaka Mifune, Hanako Nishimoto, Issei Shinohara, Takahiro Furukawa, Tatsuo Kato, Masaya Kusunose, Yutaka Ehara, Shunsaku Takigami and Ryosuke Kuroda
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is caused by subsynovial connective tissue fibrosis, resulting in median nerve (MN) mobility. The standard evaluation method is the measurement of the MN cross-sectional area using static images, and dynamic images are not wi...
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Miwako Deguchi, Hisayo Yokoyama, Nobuko Hongu, Atsuya Toya, Takahiro Matsutake, Yuta Suzuki, Daiki Imai, Yuko Yamazaki, Masanori Emoto and Kazunobu Okazaki
Using the upper limbs to test cardiopulmonary exercise can be a useful option in the case of individuals who are unable to pedal a bicycle due to lower limb injury or disability. We evaluated whether exercise testing with the upper limbs can be used equi...
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Takahiro Minami, Tomotaka Fukuoka, Mai Yoshikura, Taiki Suwa and Makoto Fujiu
With the aging of bridges, the efficiency of periodic inspections has become a problem. As issues with the continuing close visual inspection of bridges are surfacing, remote imaging systems are expected to become a new inspection method that replaces cl...
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Makoto Fujiu, Takahiro Minami and Jyunichi Takayama
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Kenji Hamabe, Takahiro Emoto, Osamu Jinnouchi, Naoki Toda and Ikuji Kawata
The definitive diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is made using an overnight polysomnography (PSG) test. This test requires that a patient wears multiple measurement sensors during an overnight hospitalization. However, this setup impos...
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Mitsuru Endoh, Ryuji Hazama, Keita Kaya, Yusuke Futamura, Sakurako Doi, Izumi Makinose, Dipak Pandey, Osamu Nishimiya, Milo? Havelka, Taiju Saito, Rie Goto and Takahiro Matsubara
Artificial fertilization of cultured fish is essential for seed production using breeding techniques. However, in tuna species, the success rate of artificial fertilization is tremendously low. In this study, it was reported that the adequate procedure f...
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