Computer Modeling of Personal Autonomy and Legal Equilibrium

Empirical studies of personal autonomy as state and status of individual freedom, security, and capacity to control own life, particularly by independent legal reasoning, are need dependable models and methods of precise computation. Three simple models of personal autonomy are proposed. The linear model of personal autonomy displays a relation between freedom as an amount of agent's action and responsibility as an amount of legal reaction and shows legal equilibrium, the balance of rights and duties needed for sustainable development of any community. The model algorithm of judge personal autonomy shows that judicial decision making can be partly automated, like other human jobs. Model machine learning of autonomous lawyer robot under operating system constitution illustrates the idea of robot rights. Robots, i.e. material and virtual mechanisms serving the people, deserve some legal guarantees of their rights such as robot rights to exist, proper function and be protected by the law. Robots, actually, are protected as any human property by the wide scope of laws, starting with Article 17 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but the current level of human trust in autonomous devices and their role in contemporary society needs stronger legislation to guarantee the robot rights.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, presented at Computer Science On-line Conference 201

From office flowers to gym bunnies: how women used sporting leisure to redefine themselves in the Japanese Bubble Economy

In 1992, Fuji Television aired an early 5am morning exercise show called, Eikaiwa taisō Zuiikin Ingurisshu. Roughly translating as 'English conversation, gymnastic exercise voluntary muscles English', the show aimed to facilitate English-learning using synchronised exercises while also parodying the established NHK 6am gymnastic exercise program. As part of an experimental low-budget program called JOCX-TV2 that ran from 1987–1995, this show aired for 24 episodes over one season, and while passing unnoticed by most Japanese, gained an international cult following from 2005 onwards when the series was re-aired. When I stumbled across this video during my research, it simultaneously fascinated, amused and confused me. While undoubtedly funny, it also was saying something about women, exercise and Bubble Japan that was hidden under the humour Through this paper I will explore what sport meant to young women in Japan, of the kind being parodied here, and who may have even been watching at 5am

Consuming nostalgia in the Japanese Bubble Economy (1986-1991)

Using examples taken from the women's magazine, Hanako, and the Sanyo ROBO telephone, this paper will explore the use of nostalgia as part of a strategy of consumption and the significance of its application to young working women during Japan's Bubble Economy of the late 1980s

Origin of superconductivity in nominally "undoped" T'-La2−x_{2-x}Yx_{x}CuO4_{4} films

We have systematically studied the transport properties of the La$_{2-x}$Y$_{x}$CuO$_{4}$(LYCO) films of T'-phase ($0.05\leq x \leq 0.30$). In this nominally "undoped" system, superconductivity was acquired in certain Y doping range ($0.10\leq x \leq 0.20$). Measurements of resistivity, Hall coefficients in normal states and resistive critical field ($H^\rho_{c2}$)in superconducting states of the T'-LYCO films show the similar behavior as the known Ce-doped n-type cuprate superconductors, indicating the intrinsic electron-doping nature. The charge carriers are induced by oxygen deficiency. Non-superconducting Y-doped Pr- or Nd-based T'-phase cuprate films were also investigated for comparison, suggesting the crucial role of the radii of A-site cations in the origin of superconductivity in the nominally "undoped" cuptates. Based on a reasonable scenario in the microscopic reduction process, we put forward a self-consistent interpretation of these experimental observations.Comment: 8 pages, 9 figure

Errors in kinematic distances and our image of the Milky Way Galaxy

Errors in the kinematic distances, under the assumption of circular gas orbits, were estimated by performing synthetic observations of a model disk galaxy. It was found that the error is < 0.5 kpc for most of the disk when the measured rotation curve was used, but larger if the real rotation curve is applied. In both cases, the error is significantly larger at the positions of the spiral arms. The error structure is such that, when kinematic distances are used to develope a picture of the large scale density distribution, the most significant features of the numerical model are significantly distorted or absent, while spurious structure appears. By considering the full velocity field in the calculation of the kinematic distances, most of the original density structures can be recovered.Comment: Accepted for publication in A