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USJI　University Research report　Vol.55

January 11,2017

Waseda University

Topic:
Where Does the Mind Exist? Science Clarifies Subjectivity and the Unconscious Mind
Researcher:
Katsumi Watanabe, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
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Many people think that subjective feelings come from the inside, but is that so?…(snip)…To come straight to the point, it is believed that most of the phenomena in the mind occur under the influence of outside factors…(snip)…As a result of the research based on this hypothesis, we have developed a new method called DAVID (Da Amazing Voice Inflection Device), a voice-based feeling induction system (Figure 2)…

Keio University

Topic:
Using mathematical models to derive optimal location of facilities and their operating hours :Modeling and optimizing social systems
Researcher:
Ken-ichi Tanaka, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology
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Operations research (OR) is a discipline that uses mathematical methods to work out rational plans for or present optimal solutions for diverse social problems. Dr. Ken-ichi Tanaka is devoted to research that helps determine, via mathematical approaches peculiar to OR, optimal locations of public and commercial facilities and their optimal operating hours.

Kyoto University

Topic:
Abnormal Lesions and Drinking Alcohol Key Risk Factors for Epithelial Cell Cancer
Researcher:
Manabu Mutou, Professor, Graduate School of Medicine
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Japanese researchers identify multiple precancerous lesions and alcohol consumption as risk factors for development of multiple squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in esophageal cancer survivors. SCC is a cancer of epithelial cells such as the epidermis of the skin or lining of the lungs, digestive tract, or other parts of the body…

Kyushu University

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Topic:
Finding out the novel oncogene GRWD1
Researcher:
Masatoshi Fujita, Professor, Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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RPL11 functions as a tumor suppressor by binding and inhibiting MDM2 that degrades p53, which is an important tumor suppressor protein. This study shows that GRWD1 is a novel oncoprotein that binds to RPL11, counteracts RPL11-mediated suppression of MDM2, and thereby inhibits p53.

Ritsumeikan University

Topic:
Forced Removal, Incarceration, and Repatriation of the Overseas Japanese during World War II and the Post-War Reconstruction of the Japanese Society
Researcher:
Hiroshi Yoneyama, Professor, College of Letters
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Extensive overseas experience of the Japanese people is considered to be the result of economic growth of the 1970s. International travel by the Japanese before that, however, was far more common than widely thought. At the start of the Pacific War in 1941, approximately 5% of Japanese lived overseas,either in foreign countries or overseas territories…

Sophia University

Topic:
Poverty and People with Disabilities
－Two Incidents Involving Reporting about Socially Disadvantaged Individuals
Researcher:
Hiroaki Mizushima, Professor, Department of Journalism, Faculty of Humanities
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This August witnessed an incident that epitomized how difficult it is for the media to deal with the issue of poverty in Japan. A high school student who had been brave enough to be interviewed for an NHK (※1 )news program to highlight the realities of childhood poverty was subjected to ferocious criticism via online media, along with the program itself.
(※1 )NHK is Japan’s national public broadcasting corporation.

The University of Tokyo

Topic:
Living a long, healthy life: Toward medical treatment based on individual genetic information
Researcher:
Professor Koichi Matsuda, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences Professor Yoshinori Murakami, Institute of Medical Science Professor Kaori Muto, Institute of Medical Science
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Thanks to advances in genomics, individualized medical treatments may soon revolutionize medicine. BioBank Japan collects the DNA samples from a huge pool of patients and shares data with other research institutions.
Scientists at the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo, lead institution of BioBank Japan, are developing the infrastructure and encouraging social awareness to bring about the era of personalized medicine.

University of Tsukuba

Topic:
Direct link between REM sleep loss and the desire for sugary and fatty foods discovered
Researcher:
Michael Lazarus, Associate Professor, University of Tsukuba
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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep loss is associated with increased consumption of weight-promoting foods. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is thought to mediate reward anticipation. However, the precise role of the PFC in mediating reward responses to highly palatable foods (HPF) after REM sleep deprivation is unclear.

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