Elaborando un diccionario dialectal a partir de un corpus basado en frases

I describe a project making a dialect dictionary (Tokunoshima, Amami archipelago, Japan) from a sentence-based corpus, which my colleagues Motoei Sawaki, Chistsuko Fukushima and I have been engaged in these 13 years. The Tokunoshima dialect is in a highly critical situation, so it is urgent that we now describe the local speech of the island, which until now lacked fullAscale dictionaries. We have a well-trained informant Takahiro Okamura, who completed his original translation of "Two Thousand Sentences of Japanese” by Shigeo Kawamoto into his Asama dialect with us. “Two Thousand Sentences of Tokunoshima dialect” so vividly reflected the local life that it led us to make full use of the data as a digital dictionary of sentences with various searching functions, about which we have previously reported at the International Society for Dialectologists and Geolinguists (SIDG) conferences. Here I sketch some episodes from our cooperative works with Okamura, introducing how we started it and what problems we experienced.Se describe un proyecto de elaboración de un diccionario dialectal (Tokunoshima, archipiélago de Amami, Japón) a partir de un corpus basado en frases, en el cual han participado Motoei Sawaki, Chitsuko Fukushima y Yumi Nakajima en los trece últimos años. El dialecto de Tokunoshima está en una situación muy crítica, por lo que es urgente que ahora se describa el habla local de la isla, que hasta ahora carecía de diccionarios a gran escala. Tenemos un informador bien entrenado, Takahiro Okamura, quien completó la traducción original de "Dos mil frases japonesas" de Shigeo Kawamoto en su dialecto Asama. Las “Dos mil frases del dialecto de Tokunoshima” reflejan tan vívidamente la vida local que hemos hecho pleno uso de esos datos para elaborar un diccionario digital de las frases obtenidas que permite varias funciones de búsqueda, y sobre el que se ha informado en conferencias anteriores de la International Society for Dialectologists and Geolinguists (SIDG). Aquí se esbozanalgunos episodios de nuestros trabajos cooperativos con Okamura, describiendo como se inició el proyecto y los problemas que han surgido

The State of Dialect Speech Perception in the Younger Generation of the Miyako Islands

Hitotsubashi UniversityHitotsubashi UniversityHitotsubashi UniversityFirst Published: August 1, 2012 (in Japanese

Is blood flow-restricted training effective for rehabilitation of a pianist with residual neurological symptoms in the upper limbs? A case study

[Purpose] We investigated whether blood flow-restricted training known as KAATSU training, was effective for rehabilitation of a pianist with residual neurological symptoms in the upper limbs. [Participant and Methods] A pianist with residual neurological symptoms in the upper body played “Revolutionary Etude” under two conditions: piano performance with (Piano-blood flow-restricted) and without (Piano-control) the restriction of blood flow to the upper limbs. In the Piano-blood flow-restricted exercise, a pressure of 130–170 mmHg was applied around the most proximal portion of both arms. The changes in upper limb circumference and muscle strength were measured before, immediately after, and 15 min after the performance. The impression of the piano performance was recorded after the Piano-blood flow-restricted exercise. [Results] Immediately after the piano performance, the forearm and upper arm circumferences had increased significantly in both arms, and the change was greater in the Piano-blood flow-restricted than in the Piano-control condition. The handgrip strength for the right arm also showed greater changes in the former than the latter. However, there were no significant differences between the two conditions regarding the handgrip strength of the left arm. [Conclusion] There is a high possibility that blood flow-restricted training is effective for rehabilitation of the pianist with residual neurological symptoms in the upper limbs

Research Report on Miyako Ryukyuan : General Study for Research and Conservation of Endangered Dialects in Japan

National Institute for Japanese Language and LinguisticsFrench National Centre for Scientific ResearchKyoto UniversityHiroshima UniversityUniversity of the RyukyusHokusei Gakuen UniversityHitotsubashi UniversityHitotsubashi UniversityHitotsubashi UniversityFirst Published: August 1, 2012 (in Japanese

Efficacy of human resource development program for young industry personnel who will be involved in future medical device development

Background: Training next-generation personnel from small/medium enterprises (SMEs) is an urgent issue in promoting medical device research and development (R&D). Since 2014 we have engaged in governmentally funded human resource development program for medical/non-medical SMEs, and have assessed its effectiveness by analyzing self-evaluation of achievement level (SEAL) data obtained before and after the training course. Methods: Human resource development experts interviewed 34 key opinion leaders with deep knowledge of medical device R&D from industry, government, and academia. The skills required for R&D personnel were written down, and a set of skills was created by making a greatest common measure in the list of common elements among them. Using that skill sets, skill evaluations were conducted on trainees at “Osaka University Training Course,” twice before participation and after completion of the entire program using SEAL assessment. Results: There were 97 men and 25 women, with one-third in the’30 s. Among them, 61 participants (50%) were from R&D divisions, and 32 (26%) were from business/sales divisions. 94 (77%) were from medical SMEs, and 28 (23%) were from non-medical SMEs (new entry). After completing the training course, significant growth was observed in every item of both Soft and Hard skill sets. Especially in new entry SME members, a striking improvement was observed in practical medical knowledge to enhance communication with medical doctors (p < 0.0001). Conclusion: Our training course, though 7-day-short in total, showed that both Soft and Hard skills could be improved in young medical/non-medical SME members. Further assessment is needed to establish the necessary skill sets for our future partners from industries, to foster the creation of innovative medical devices through med-tech collaboration.The version of record of this article, first published in Surgical Endoscopy, is available online at Publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-023-10474-