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Integrated Waste Management and Recycling for ELV in Japan
( Ken-ichi Sasaki ) 한국폐기물자원순환학회(구 한국폐기물학회) 2019 ISSE 초록집 Vol.2019 No.-
In Japan, the Law for the Recycling of End-of-Life Vehicles was enacted in 2002 and was enforced in full scale in 2005. This law greatly improved environmental conditions by obliging stakeholders, especially automobile manufacturers, to carry out appropriate roles. Specifically, the number of illegal dumping and improper storage nationwide has decreased to less than 5% before the enforcement of the law, and the recycling rate including heat utilization has been continuously exceeding 95% in recent several years. Moreover, the latest report shows the recycling rate of shredder residue is 98.2% and that of air bag is 94% in 2017. This time, we the DOWA group, as Japan's largest private enterprise in the field of waste management/recycling, review and present the followings: - Reasons and factors why the system prescribed by the law in Japan was steadily taken root - Effectiveness of WtE and metal recycling using shredder residue as a raw material - Our recent recycling efforts for hybrid/electric vehicles
Ken Sasaki,Michio Hongo,Naohisa Miyakoshi,Toshiki Matsunaga,Shin Yamada,Hiroaki Kijima,Yoichi Shimada 대한척추외과학회 2017 Asian Spine Journal Vol.11 No.4
Study Design: In vivo biomechanical study using a three-dimensional (3D) musculoskeletal model for elderly individuals with or without pelvic retroversion. Purpose: To evaluate the effect of pelvic retroversion on the sagittal alignment of the spine, pelvis, and lower limb in elderly females while standing and walking. Overview of Literature: Patients with hip–spine syndrome have concurrent hip-joint and spine diseases. However, the dynamic sagittal alignment between the hip joint and spine has rarely been investigated. We used a 3D musculoskeletal model to evaluate global spinopelvic parameters, including spinal inclination and pelvic tilt (PT). Methods: A total of 32 ambulant females (mean age=78 years) without assistance were enrolled in the study. On the basis of the radiographic measurement for PT, participants were divided into the pelvic retroversion group (R-group; PT≥20°) and the normal group (N-group; PT<20°). A 3D musculoskeletal motion analysis system was used to analyze the calculated value for the alignment of spine, pelvis, and lower limb, including calculated (C)-PT, sagittal vertical axis (C-SVA), pelvic incidence, lumbar lordosis, T1 pelvic angle (CTPA), as well as knee and hip flexion angles while standing and walking. Results: While standing, C-PT and C-TPA in the R-group were significantly larger than those in the N-group. Hip angle was significantly smaller in the R-group than in the N-group, unlike knee angle, which did not show difference. While walking, C-SVA and C-TPA were significantly increased, whereas C-PT decreased compared with those while standing. The maximum hip-flexion angle was significantly smaller in the R-group than in the N-group. There was a significant correlation between the radiographic and calculated parameters. Conclusions: The 3D musculoskeletal model was useful in evaluating the sagittal alignment of the spine, pelvis, and leg. Spinopelvic sagittal alignment showed deterioration while walking. C-PT was significantly decreased while walking in the R-group, indicating possible compensatory mechanisms attempting to increase coverage of the femoral head. The reduction in the hip flexion angle in the R-group was also considered as a compensatory mechanism.
Sasaki, Yusuke,Hamaguchi, Tetsuya,Yamada, Yasuhide,Takahashi, Naoki,Shoji, Hirokazu,Honma, Yoshitaka,Iwasa, Satoru,Okita, Natsuko,Takashima, Atsuo,Kato, Ken,Nagai, Yushi,Taniguchi, Hirokazu,Boku, Nari Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2016 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.17 No.2
Background: It is well known that peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) from colorectal cancer (CRC) is associated with a poor prognosis. However, data on the prognostic significance of modern chemotherapy containing bevacizumab, cetuximab or panitumumab are not available. Materials and Methods: This retrospective review concerned 526 patients with metastatic CRC who were classified into two groups according to the presence or absence of PC, and were treated with systemic chemotherapy, with or without bevacizumab or anti-EGFR antibodies. The genetic background, in particular KRAS, BRAF, and PIK3CA gene mutations, and overall survival (OS) were compared between the two groups. Results: The median OS values were 23.3 and 29.1 months for PC and non-PC patients, respectively (hazard ratio [HR]=1.20; p=0.17). Among all patients, tumor location, number of metastatic sites and BRAF mutation status were significant prognostic factors, whereas the presence of PC was not. In the PC group, chemotherapy with bevacizumab resulted in a significantly longer OS than forchemotherapy without bevacizumab (HR=0.38, p<0.01), but this was not the case in the non-PC group (HR=0.80, p=0.10). Furthermore, the incidence of the BRAF V600E mutation was significantly higher in PC than in non-PC patients (27.7% versus 7.3%, p<0.01). BRAF mutations displayed a strong correlation with shorter OS in non-PC (HR=2.26), but not PC patients (HR=1.04). Conclusions: Systemic chemotherapy, especially when combined with bevacizumab, improved survival in patients with PC from CRC as well as non-PC patients. While BRAF mutation demonstrated a high frequency in PC patients, but it was not associated with prognosis.
Usefulness of shear wave elastography in the diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial diseases
Ichiro Ogura,Ken Nakahara,Yoshihiko Sasaki,Mikiko Sue,Takaaki Oda 대한영상치의학회 2018 Imaging Science in Dentistry Vol.48 No.3
Purpose: To evaluate the usefulness of shear wave elastography in the diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial diseases. Materials and Methods: Ten patients with oral and maxillofacial diseases and 28 volunteers drawn from our student doctors were examined by shear wave elastography with a 14 -MHz linear transducer using an Aplio 300 apparatus (Canon Medical Systems, Otawara, Japan). A statistical analysis of the shear elastic modulus (kPa) of healthy tissue (the sublingual gland, submandibular gland, anterior belly of the digastric muscle, and geniohyoid muscle) in the 28 volunteers was performed using 1-way repeated measures analysis of variance with the Tukey honest significant difference test. The maximum shear elastic modulus (kPa) of 8 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and 2 patients with benign lesions was evaluated with the Mann-Whitney U test. The analysis used a 5% significance level. Results: The mean shear elastic modulus of the sublingual gland (9.4±3.7 kPa) was lower than that of the geniohyoid muscle (19.2±9.2 kPa, P=.000) and the anterior belly of the digastric muscle (15.3±6.1 kPa, P=.004). The maximum shear elastic modulus of the SCCs (109.6±14.4 kPa) was higher than that of the benign lesions (46.4±26.8 kPa, P=.044). Conclusion: Our results demonstrated the usefulness of shear wave elastography in the diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial diseases. Shear wave elastography has the potential to be an effective technique for the objective and quantitative diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial diseases.
Testing the Copernican Principle with the kSZ Effect
유철문,Tomohiro Kai,Ken-ichi Nakao,Misao Sasaki 한국물리학회 2010 THE JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY Vol.57 No.31
The kinematic Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (kSZ) effect in a Lemˆıtre-Tolman-Bondi (LTB) universe is discussed. We use the LTB universe model whose distance redshift relation coincides with the concordance ∧CDM model. The physical degrees of freedom on the last scattering surface (LSS) are fixed by using Gamow’s criterion and other additional convenient conditions. We simulate the kSZ effect by solving the null geodesic equations numerically. The observational results with adiabatic inhomogeneities on the LSS seem to be difficult to explain. This difficulty would be resolved by introducing an inhomogeneity of the matter-to-photon ratio on the LSS.
Usefulness of shear wave elastography in the diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial diseases
Ogura, Ichiro,Nakahara, Ken,Sasaki, Yoshihiko,Sue, Mikiko,Oda, Takaaki Korean Academy of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology 2018 Imaging Science in Dentistry Vol.48 No.3
Purpose: To evaluate the usefulness of shear wave elastography in the diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial diseases. Materials and Methods: Ten patients with oral and maxillofacial diseases and 28 volunteers drawn from our student doctors were examined by shear wave elastography with a 14-MHz linear transducer using an Aplio 300 apparatus (Canon Medical Systems, Otawara, Japan). A statistical analysis of the shear elastic modulus(kPa) of healthy tissue (the sublingual gland, submandibular gland, anterior belly of the digastric muscle, and geniohyoid muscle) in the 28 volunteers was performed using 1-way repeated measures analysis of variance with the Tukey honest significant difference test. The maximum shear elastic modulus(kPa) of 8 patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and 2 patients with benign lesions was evaluated with the Mann-Whitney U test. The analysis used a 5% significance level. Results: The mean shear elastic modulus of the sublingual gland ($9.4{\pm}3.7kPa$) was lower than that of the geniohyoid muscle ($19.2{\pm}9.2kPa$, P=.000) and the anterior belly of the digastric muscle ($15.3{\pm}6.1kPa$, P=.004). The maximum shear elastic modulus of the SCCs($109.6{\pm}14.4kPa$) was higher than that of the benign lesions($46.4{\pm}26.8kPa$, P=.044). Conclusion: Our results demonstrated the usefulness of shear wave elastography in the diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial diseases. Shear wave elastography has the potential to be an effective technique for the objective and quantitative diagnosis of oral and maxillofacial diseases.