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From the moment cellphones first appeared in Japan 30 years ago, their sales have been growing at a dramatic pace. However, Japan's cellphone market is now saturated. It is monopolized by three major cellphone carri...

In this study, experiments on milk sales estimation were conducted in two phases to optimize stock ordering. Sales data of two brands of milk between 2007 and 2008 were obtained through 9 stores in Ishikawa Prefecture. I...

Recently, various issues in self-propelled multi-storey car parks are becoming social concerns: accidents thefts, difficulty in finding a parking space, limited space for getting in/out of cars, and less friendly environ...

Purpose of this study is to develop a method for accurate capillary area extraction from a captured image using RGB and HSV features. Experiments were conducted with eleven subjects. The proposed method utilizing OpenCV...

Since the year 2000, there has been an increasing visibility of proposals and theoretical research on the importance and necessity of cash flow management in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The purpose of this...

This study statistically examined the industrial cluster structure of four cities in the Tohoku region (Yonezawa, Koriyama, Iwaki, and Aizuwakamatsu) in terms of the relationship between each industry and the total value...

Despite all of the information-gathering media, it remains unclear whether or not any website structures allow easy access to information for the visually impaired. In this study, visually impaired people who use screen ...

Sargassum macrocarpum is a perennial brown macroalga that forms the most important portion of seaweed beds with sufficient biomass. Algae have been proven to be beneficial functional food and pharmaceutical material. The...

A pH glass electrode are made of lithium-rich special glass, and the durability is often inferior in comparison with general hard glass. The glass electrode is often used under strong alkalinity or acidic conditions, and...

With the arrival of big-data society, methods for classifying real-world problems have attracted much attention for researchers and developers in various fields. In recent years, much effort has been devoted for improvin...

Today, CAD/CAM is increasingly gaining its importance in the field of mechanical design. However, these systems are not operated easily by those without proper computer programming skills. This paper aims to allow these ...

We have investigated the intestinal absorption and metabolism of the polyphenols contained in Acanthopanax sieboldianus Makino (Ukogi in Japanese) in rat plasma using a liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS). Uk...

The Mental condition of humans affects sports and intellectual works. In particular, better results can be obtained when high concentration condition is achieved. One of the approaches of concentration improvement is Bio...

It has investigated using a Clark-type oxygen electrode and an ESR method that the conformation of thiol-compounds such as cysteine (Cys) and glutathione (GSH) effects on the formation of a nitrosyl(protoporphyrinato)iro...

The aim of this study was to clarify the current situation and challenges of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in depopulated areas from the perspective of physicians and to develop a model suited to such contexts. Se...

In contemporary China, where the ageing population is expanding at a rapid rate, nursing homes are under significant pressure to deliver services of a high standard and to create comfortable environments. Nevertheless, t...

Currently used methods for selenium quantification include X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and inductively coupled plasma analysis. However, both methods require expensive equipment, specialized knowledge, making them un...

Recently, many libraries have introduced a UHF-band RFID tag system because of its convenience. However, the UHF-band RFID reader has wide coverage area and this can reduce the management efficiency by unintentionally re...

When hair is wet, the cuticles are open, therefore, it is easy to damage the hair through too much use of a regular hair-dryer. In this research, instead of the current type of heat-blow dryer, a new type of hair-dryer w...

Cedar wooden-shingle boards, a traditional Japanese roofing material, are handmade by craftsmen using traditional techniques. Product selection is left primarily to the roofers, whose selection criteria are visual and no...

For people with disabilities or walking difficulties in the limbs or trunk that interfere with driving a vehicle, the Japanese Road Traffic Law requires the installation of auxiliary equipment according to the degree of ...