Machine learning methods for histopathological image analysis

Abundant accumulation of digital histopathological images has led to the increased demand for their analysis, such as computer-aided diagnosis using machine learning techniques. However, digital pathological images and related tasks have some issues to be considered. In this mini-review, we introduce the application of digital pathological image analysis using machine learning algorithms, address some problems specific to such analysis, and propose possible solutions.Comment: 23 pages, 4 figure

Reluctance to Lend and Its Spatial Differences in Japanfs Lost Decade: What Can We Learn from It?

This paper aims to elucidate whether supply side factors played a crucial role in causing the greluctance to lendh in Japan in the 1990s. We estimate loan supply and demand functions using prefectural panel data and calculate their shifts. Our analysis reveals that the demand side played an equal or greater role, even in the context of the historical financial crisis in Japan during the period 1997-2000, and that the reluctance to lend was severer in the urban prefectures. These findings suggest that countermeasures in the banking sector that uniformly influence all regions may not achieve the expected recovery.credit crunch, prefectural panel data, shift of functions, Japanese loan market

The Effects of the EU ETS on Companies: Research by Conducting Interviews in European Companies

We study the effects of the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS)?which was introduced in January 2005?on companies by conducting interviews in some German and UK firms. In this paper, we demonstrate that although the introduction of the EU ETS has increased awareness of the importance of efforts to reduce global warming and emission costs, it has had little influence on the companies CO2 abatement efforts during the first period.

Reluctance to Lend and Its Spatial Differences in Japan's Lost Decade : What Can We Learn from It?

This paper aims to elucidate whether supply side factors played a crucial role in causing the “reluctance to lend ” in Japan in the 1990s. We estimate loan supply and demand functions using prefectural panel data and calculate their shifts. Our analysis reveals that the demand side played an equal or greater role, even in the context of the historical financial crisis in Japan during the period 1997–2000, and that the reluctance to lend was severer in the urban prefectures. These findings suggest that countermeasures in the banking sector that uniforml

Has the Credit Crunch Occurred in Japan in 1990s?

The purpose of this paper is to elucidate whether the supply side played a crucial role in causing credit crunch in 1990s. To this end, we estimated the supply and demand functions using prefectural panel data from 1990 to 2001, and calculate the shift of those functions. The results reveal that until 1996, the supply function largely shifted toward right, indicating that the supply side was not the main cause. However, after 1996 the loan supply shifted leftwards as much as the loan demand, implying that the contraction of supply contributed to the decrease in the loans.