Dapagliflozin rescues endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated cell death.

学位記番号：医博甲173

Economic Impacts of a New Road Network in San-En Region, Japan: A Spatial Computable General Equilibrium Model

In this paper, we aim to evaluate impacts of a new road network on the regional economy in San-en, Japan. San-en area is a boundary region between Aichi and Shizuoka Prefectures where the industrial sector is concentrated. The regional economy in San-en strongly depends on the regional transportation networks. Recently, a new road construction is planned in the region. The efficiency of road investment is expected for the regional economy. We construct a spatial computable general equilibrium model to evaluate the border economy. The spatial economic impacts of a new road construction are analyzed by the numerical simulation under several scenarios.

On Charitable Enterprise in Europe and America

Translator’s Note:  The essays in  Jotoku ronsō was intended for young women, and the essays are written in what was then simple and direct language. Other topics in the volume include education, literature and art .  The cream of late Meiji intellectual society contributed, including Okuma Shigenobu, Masaki Naohiko (head of Tokyo School of FIne Arts), and Mizukuri Genpachi (historian of the Western World).  Shibusawa’s contribution, although appearing to be a simple travelogue, offers insight into his perception as philanthropy as a natural outgrowth of business.  He also touches on many debates about social welfare that continue until this day, including the effect of poverty on crime, whether prisons should be about punishment or reform and whether responsibility for poverty lies in the the individual or society.

Long-term Follow-up of a Temporomandibular Joint Cyst

We report a case of cystic lesion in a 23-year-old female, consisting of an oval-shaped lesion adjacent to the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). She presented with a Class III malocclusion with facial asymmetry and tenderness to palpation on the right TMJ. The patient was treated conservatively with a splint for the TMJ-associated cyst and combined surgical-orthodontic treatment for the facial asymmetry. The post-treatment course was uneventful. The authors recommend a conservative approach as one of the treatment options for TMJ cyst

Elite Ideologies and Popular Support for U.S. Foreign Policies

This article argues that elite policymakers gain broad public support for their foreign policies by drawing upon long-standing ideologies or narratives circulating within U.S. public discourse or culture. These ideologies are the mutually constituent elements of a nationalist self-image that not only helps differentiate Americans from non-Americans, but also serves to justify U.S. hegemonic power. The staying power of ideologies derives from the personification of nations into binary, anthropomorphic figures

Geostatistical analysis in paddy field data and implications for management

Soil properties and yield were recorded in grid-spacing in a West Malaysia paddy field for the year 2000. Geostatistical analysis showed that soil properties and yield were notably correlated in space, and the range of spatially dependent yield was shorter than the soil properties. Co-kriging was used to estimate spatial pattern of yield with surrogate data (soil properties) was not successful for this field. The spatial yield map illustrated that the middle portion of the plot has lower yield (5t/ha)

Mapping the Variability of Soil Texture-Based on Vis-NIR Proximal Sensing

Soil texture is one of the soil properties influencing most physical, chemical, and biological soil processes.  Information on soil texture is important to support the agronomic decisions for farm management. The problem is how to provide reliable, fast and inexpensive information of soil texture in numerous soil samples and repeated measurement. The objective of this research was to generate the soil texture map based on laboratory Vis-NIR (Visible - Near Infra-Red) spectroscopy and inverse distance weighted (IDW) interpolation method. An ASD Fieldspec 3 with a spectral range from 350 nm to 2500 nm was used to measure the soil reflectance. Pipette method was used to measure the silt, clay and sand fractions. The partial least square regression (PLSR) was performed to establish the prediction model of soil texture. The predicted values were mapped and showing the information of spatial and temporal variability of soil texture. Keywords: Vis-NIR, spectroscopy, soil texture, PLSR, ID

Evaluation of COVID-19 Related Measures using Ordered Logistic Regression Analysis based on a Survey of Tourism-Related Offices in the Nishimikawa Region, Aichi Prefectur

COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact on the tourism industry. The Go To Travel (overnight travel discount and regional common coupons campaign), which was implemented in Japan from July 2020 to stimulate demand in the tourim industry, was canceled at the end of 2020 because of the spread of infection again. Repeated outbreaks of infection and state of emergencies highlight the difficultly in balancing human health and economic activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to clarify the economic impacts of the pandemic and evaluate the implementation of related economic support measures on the tourism industry. Based on a questionnaire survey of tourism-related offices in the Nishimikawa Region of Aichi Prefecture, it examines the economic impacts on the sales amount of tourism-related industry, evaluated the effects of the Subsidy Program for Sustaining Businesses (SPSB) and Go To Travel (by the national government) and Coupon Campaigns for shopping and restaurants (by municipalities) using ordered logistic regression analysis. The findings show that the impact of COVID-19 on business office sales is most severe for the accommodation industry, with a 62% decrease at the time of the survey compared to 2019. In addition, SPSB and Go To Travel campaigns are relatively highly evaluated by accommodation and tourism servise offices, while Coupon Campaigns for shopping and restaurant coupon campaigns are relatively more effective in the restaurant and retail offices. In additon, the results show that the larger the offices annual sales, the more effective the Coupon Campaigns, indicating that since consumers use premium coupons to purchase goods and services that are more expensive than usual, the effect of policy implementation would be biased toward business offices that provide relatively expensive goods and service