A new species of Paratachardina Balachowsky (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kerriidae) related to the lobate lac scale, P. pseudolobata Kondo & Gullan

Takumasa Kondo,Penny J. Gullan,Robert W. Pemberton 한국응용곤충학회 2011 Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology Vol.14 No.1

A new species of lac insect, Paratachardina javanensis Kondo and Gullan, sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccoidea:Kerriidae), is described and illustrated from a collection on Myrica rubra Siebold and Zucc. (also called Morella rubra Lour., Myricaceae) in West Java, Indonesia. This lac insect species is most similar morphologically to the pestiferous lobate lac scale, Paratachardina pseudolobata Kondo and Gullan. A comparison of the two species and an updated taxonomic key to all named Paratachardina species are provided.

Three-dimensional medical image recognition of the heart by revised GMDH-type neural network algorithm

Chihiro Kondo,Tadashi Kondo 제어로봇시스템학회 2009 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2009 No.8

A revised Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH)-type neural network algorithm for medical image recognition is proposed and is applied to 3-dimensional medical image analysis of the heart. The revised GMDH-type neural network algorithm has a feedback loop and can identify the characteristics of the medical images accurately using feedback loop calculations. In this algorithm, the polynomial type and the radial basis function (RBF) type neurons are used for organizing the neural network architecture. The optimum neural network architecture fitting the complexity of the medical images is automatically organized so as to minimize the prediction error criterion defined as Prediction Sumof Squares (PSS).

Effects of Heat Treatment on Magnetic Susceptibility and Mechanical Properties of Zr-3Mo Alloy That Prevents the MRI Artifacts

Suyalatu, Kondo R,Kondo R,Tsutsumi Y,Doi H,Nomura N,Hanawa T 대한치과재료학회 2011 대한치과기재학회 학술대회 Vol.2011 No.5

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE JAPANESE TYPE OF OMNI CHANNEL RETAILING

Kimihiko Kondo 글로벌지식마케팅경영학회 2016 Global Marketing Conference Vol.2016 No.7

It was Macy’s (a department store in the U.S.) which introduced the concept of ‘omnichannel’ in 2010 for the first time, and, at present, representative U.S. retailers have also adopted the approach. In Japan, the effort to interlock real and Internet stores started around the same time. Big retailers have promoted its omnichannel strategies by providing services in which customers can order merchandise on the Internet and receive it in a store. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the characteristics of the Japanese type of omnichannel by comparing it to the U.S. type. Rigby (2011) defines omnichannel as “an integrated sales experience that melds the advantages of physical stores with the information-rich experience of online shopping.” Lazaris & Vrechopoulos (2014) refer to it as “the use of both physical and online channels combined with the delivery of seamless shopping experiences.” Kondo (2015) understands it as “a marketing approach that integrates all (omni) channels and provides consumers with a seamless shopping experience.”

Revised RBF network algorithm and its application to the interactive art system

Chihiro Kondo,Tadashi Kondo 제어로봇시스템학회 2009 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2009 No.8

In this study, a revised radial basis function (RBF) network is proposed and applied to the identification problems of the nonlinear system and the interactive art system. In the revised RBF network, the structural parameters such as means and variances of the radial basis functions in the neurons are determined automatically and so revised RBF network can be easily applied to the practical complex problems such as the interactive art system. The interactiveart system outputs the art expressions such as the sound and graphics using the artificial sensibility curves that are identified using the revised RBF network.

Degradation of Polychlorinated Dioxines and Furans in Fly Ash and Soils by White Rot Fungus

(Kondo R),(Yoshimitsu M .),(Sakai K),(Matsufuji K .),(Seon Ho Lee) 한국목재공학회 2000 한국목재공학회 학술발표논문집 Vol.2000 No.-

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MIPEX and Japan : Findings and Reflections

Kondo Atsushi and Yamawaki Keizo Sookmyung institute for Multicultural Studies 2013 The Journal of Migration & Society Vol.4 No.2

Assessment of Anti-nutritive Activity of Tannins in Tea By-products Based on In vitro Rumen Fermentation

Kondo, Makoto,Hirano, Yoshiaki,Ikai, Noriyuki,Kita, Kazumi,Jayanegara, Anuraga,Yokota, Hiro-Omi Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2014 Animal Bioscience Vol.27 No.11

Nutritive values of green and black tea by-products and anti-nutritive activity of their tannins were evaluated in an in vitro rumen fermentation using various molecular weights of polyethylene glycols (PEG), polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and polyvinyl polypyrrolidone as tannin-binding agents. Significant improvement in gas production by addition of PEG4000, 6000 and 20000 and PVP was observed only from black tea by-product, but not from green tea by-product. All tannin binding agents increased $NH_3$-N concentration from both green and black tea by-products in the fermentation medium, and the PEG6000 and 20000 showed relatively higher improvement in the $NH_3$-N concentration. The PEG6000 and 20000 also improved in vitro organic matter digestibility and metabolizable energy contents of both tea by-products. It was concluded that high molecular PEG would be suitable to assess the suppressive activity of tannins in tea by-products by in vitro fermentation. Higher responses to gas production and $NH_3$-N concentration from black tea by-product than green tea by-product due to PEG indicate that tannins in black tea by-product could suppress rumen fermentation more strongly than that in green tea by-product.

Interpreting into B: The Japanese Experience

KONDO Masaomi 한국통역번역학회 2005 통역과 번역 Vol.7 No.2

This study conducted a questionnaire survey in an attempt to find out how interpreters evaluate their interpretation when interpreting to their ‘B’ language, particularly to English. In order to compare the similar situations of Korea and Japan, the same questionnaire employed by Professor Lim in her study was used in this study. Majority of respondents (more than 80% of the participants have experience of interpreting more than 1,000 times) answered that 30-50% of their job assignments are to interpret from Japanese to English. Only 19% of the interpreters in the survey responded that the interpretation into English is easier to perform and 54% said that the interpretation from Japanese into English does not pose any relative difficulty. The study found the following points of interest: 1) 35% of the participants answered that it is difficult to interpret Japanese into English because of the ambiguities of Japanese original text. 2) 14% of the respondents said that the syntactic differences between Japanese and English pose difficulty in the case of simultaneous interpretation. 3) Four participants argued that interpretation training into the English language should be reinforced. 4) Many interpreters mentioned that they perform their interpretation work with anxiety because there are not any clear-cut solutions to the situations described in this study.

Ensiled or Oven-dried Green Tea By-product as Protein Feedstuffs: Effects of Tannin on Nutritive Value in Goats

Kondo, Makoto,Kita, Kazumi,Yokota, Hiro-omi Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2007 Animal Bioscience Vol.20 No.6

Ensiled or oven-dried green tea by-products (GTB) were evaluated in goats for their nutritive potential as protein feedstuffs based on in vitro and in vivo digestibility. To elucidate the effects of tea tannin on in vitro digestibility, polyethylene glycol (PEG) was used as a tannin binding agent. Both ensiled and dried GTB contained 31.9 to 32.6% of crude protein (CP) on a dry matter (DM) basis. Phenolics and tannins in soybean meal and alfalfa hay were low or not detected, but they were high in both ensiled and dried GTB (7.3-10.1% DM as total extractable tannins). In vitro protein digestibility in the rumen ranked: soybean meal>alfalfa hay cube>ensiled GTB = dried GTB. The protein digestibility post-ruminally of these feedstuffs showed a similar trend to that in the rumen, but the digestibility of ensiled GTB was significantly higher than that of dried GTB. Addition of PEG improved the in vitro protein digestibility of both kinds of GTB in the rumen and post-ruminally, indicating that tannins suppressed the potential protein digestibility of GTB. The increased protein digestibility by PEG addition was not significantly different between ensiled and dried GTB in the rumen, but the percentage increment of ensiled GTB was higher than dried GTB post-ruminally. In the in vivo digestibility trial, ensiled and dried GTB were offered to goats as partial substitutes for soybean meal and alfalfa hay cubes. Offering both GTB to goats as 5-10% on a DM basis did not affect nutrient digestibility, ruminal pH, volatile fatty acids, and ammonia concentration. However, the eating time of the GTB-incorporated diet was longer than that of the basal diet. It took 1.4 and 1.6 times longer than the control diet, to eat the diet completely when GTB silage was offered at 5 and 10% levels, respectively, of the total diet. These results show that ensiled and dried GTB are useful as partial substitutes for soybean meal and alfalfa hay cubes for goats with respect to nutritive value. Because of lessened palatability, it is recommended that GTB be incorporated into the diet at 5% on a DM basis.