Creating Working Value Evaluation Model WVEM

The authors create a Working Value Evaluation Model WVEM for labor valuation by using statistical science that allows manufacturers to visualize the performance of labor. We verify the effectiveness of this model at auto manufactures and others

Making Compelling Movie Posters Using Statistical Science And An Eye Mark Recorder

This study focuses on advertising posters for movies, investigating methods of designing compelling posters to encourage viewing. The results of questionnaire surveys were analyzed using statistical science to produce new movie poster designs. The effects of the new posters were then validated using an eye mark recorder. As a result, the authors have succeeded in creating a decision-making method to assist in designing compelling movie posters

Building a software service for mobile devices to enhance awareness in web collaboration

(c) 2014 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other users, including reprinting/ republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted components of this work in other works.In this paper, we propose the construction of an effective event notification software service for mobile devices to provide anytime anywhere awareness to online work teams during Web collaboration. The software service is first designed to achieve the required flexibility to be used in different collaborative work situations, from professional work to informal communities of practice. Then, the building of our event-oriented service for mobile clients is reported from all the stages of our software engineering methodology and it is prototyped for evaluation purposes. We believe the outcomes of our approach will be very beneficial for achieving more productive and quality Web collaboration practices. The ultimate aim of this research is to provide software designers of Web collaboration tools and applications with general guidelines as for how to face common issues and challenges when incorporating a complete event management and notification system in their developments.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

A Case of Terminal Ileitis

A case of terminal ileitis followed by colonofiberscopic examination is reported. A 21-year-old man with anal bleeding was examined with a colonoscope. The lesion causing anal bleeding could not be detected but terminal ileitis was recognized. He was diagnosed and followed as Crohn\u27s disease. Three months after the first examination, the ileitis was found to be almost healed. Because of the possibility of asymptomatic terminal ileitis, endoscopists should direct their attention to not only the large intestine but also the terminal ileum

A Study on Failure Mechanism of Embankment Dams for Irrigation Damaged by the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake

The objects of this investigation are to examine the following mechanism of embankment dams for irrigation damaged by the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake; 1) the mechanism and process of collapse for the Idenoshiri-Ike embankment dam using the effective stress earthquake response analysis; 2) the mechanism of upper slope failure for the Sugatadani-Ike embankment dam using the total stress earthquake response analysis as well as the slope stability analysis with seismic intensity. As a result, the following conclusions are obtained for each objects; 1) the mechanism and process of collapse due to liquefaction can be analyzed that the liquefied areas initially occurred at the toes of upper and lower slopes are extended and connected to make flow downward the volume of embankment and that the result of this analysis is consistent with the real damaged situation; 2) the mechanism of upstream slope failure can be explained only with considering the increase of excess pore pressure in the upstream slope, not extending complete liquefaction, using the both analyses

Studies on Silage-Making : (XIX) The Relations between the Growth Stage and Silage Quality on the Green Oats

エンバクをサイレージに調製する場合の刈取適期を知るため,穂孕(5月16日),出穂(6月1日),開花(6月14日),乳熟(7月1日)の4期に刈りとり,その収量を調査し,その成分を調査すると同時にサイレージを調製し,約3ヵ月後にこれを開き,品質を調査し,ヤギにより消化試験を行ない,飼料価値を査定した. 結果の要約はつぎのようである. 1)収量調査の結果,乾物の収量は,生育期が進むにつれて増大した. 粗タンパク質の収量は出穂開花の頃が最大になり,その後減少した. 2)各期収穫における材料のサイレージの品質は,いずれも良質のものが得られなかった. しかし穂孕・出穂期刈りとりのものが,開花・乳熟期のものに比較して多少良質の傾向にあったが,いずれも酪酸を相当含み,アンモニア態窒素率も高かった. 3)ヤギによる有機物の消化率は,穂孕期66%,出穂期56%,開花期41%,乳熟期サイレージ42%で,また粗タンパク質・粗繊維の消化率は,生育期が進むにつれて典型的に減少した. 消化率はサイレージの発酵的品質に支配されるが,材料草の生育時期が第一次的に支配因子になることが推定された. 4)エンバクをサイレージにした場合,単位面積あたりのDCPの収量は,穂孕期から開花期までは余り差がなかったが,乳熟期にはかなり減少した. TDNの収量は出穂期まで増加したが,その後の増加は余りなかった,出穂期またはその前後が収量・土地利用の両面から経済的で有利と思われる. 5)エンバクは一般には晶質良好なサイレージのできにくい材料であるので,調製上の基本的条件の充実,材料の混合埋蔵,添加物の工夫が必要であることが推定された

Studies on Silage-Making : XV. The Effect of Some Additives used at the Ensiling Time

サイレージ調製の際の添加物として,糖質の種類による効果を比較するため,2番刈開花期にあるイタリアンライグラスを,水分70%程度に調節し,コーンミール(2%),コーンスターチ(2%),ブドウ糖(2%),フスマ(4%),ブドウ糖脱脂コメヌカ混合物(1：1,2%),ブドウ糖フスマ混合物(1:1,2%),ブドウ糖フスマカス混合物(1:1,2%)を添加した医ならびに無添加対照の計8区を設けて,その添加効果を比較検討した. 1)発酵的品質はコーンミール区59点,コーンスターチ区63点で,酪酸の生成がみられ,対照区49点に対し,わずかに品質の改善がみられたのみであった. その他の区では,かなりの改善がみられた. 2)品質鑑定の結果,ブドウ糖添加(2%)区を基準にして,添加効率を求めれば,コーンミール26,コーンスターチ34,フスマ(4％)102,ブドウ糖脱脂コメヌカ混合物109,ブドウ糖フスマ混合物113,ブドウ糖フスマカス113%となり,それぞれの飼料と,ブドウ糖との混合物が,ブドウ糖単独のときよりも効率が高められた. 3)プロピタミンAの埋蔵中の保存は,ブドウ糖の添加によって高められることが確認された,埋蔵材料草のプロビタミンAの含量を100とすれば,無添加サイレージの含量は69で,ブドウ糖添加サイレージは92であった. 後者はわずか8%の低下にすぎなかった

A Morphological Study of"Microfold" Cells of Lymphoid Aggregative Tissue in the Small Intestine of the Chicken

The morphology of lymphoid aggregative tissue of the small intestine was studied in the Japanese bantam chicken. Lymphoid aggregative tissue were composed of leaf-like villi unlike those in mammals. In the present study, these lymphoid aggregative tissues histologically were identified as Peyer\u27s patches. Light and electron microscopy of the covering epithelium of the Peyer\u27s patches showed that the cells had morphologically the same features of "Microfold" ("M") cells previously described in mammalian species. The authors demonstrated that the "M" cells of birds were not limited to the bursa of Fabricius, but also existed in the covering epithelium of the Peyer\u27s patches in the small intestine. The proportion of "M" cells enfolding lymphoid cells much in mature chickens (18%) than in mature rats (100%)