Quantifying the Technology Level of Production System for Technology Transfer

Yamane, Yasuo,Takahashi, Katsuhiko,Hamada, Kunihiro,Morikawa, Katsumi,Bahagia, Senator Nur,Diawati, Lucia,Cakravastia, Andi Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers 2011 Industrial Engineeering & Management Systems Vol.10 No.2

This paper develops a technology level quantification (TLQ) model by utilizing a learning curve. Original learning curve shows the relationship between cumulative number of units and the required time for the unit. On the other hand, in our developed model, the technology level, such as speed of production and quality of the produced items, is expressed as a function of not cumulative number of units but time, for increasing generality. Furthermore, for expressing each learning that consists of conceptual learning and operational learning, S-curve is utilized in our developed model. By fitting the S-curve and/or decomposing into some activities, our TQL model can be applied to approximate organizational and complicated process. Some variations in time and levels, parameters of our developed model are shown. By using the parameters, the procedure to identify our developed model is proposed. Also, the influential factors for the parameters of our developed model are discussed with classifying the factors into technoware, infoware, humanware, and orgaware. The expected technology level is utilized for expecting the capacity of production system, and the expected capacity can be utilized in predicting various changes in the organization and deciding managerial decision about TT. A case study in manufacturing industry shows the effectiveness of the developed model.

The Concepts and Methods of Entrepreneurship Education in the Social Studies and the Period for Integrated Study in Japan

Yamane, Eiji 한국경제교육학회 2002 경제교육연구 Vol.9 No.1

Entrepreneurship education becomes a very important educational area at schools in Jhpan. A new ctlrriculum area named the "Period for Integrated Study" (PIS) started from April 2002 at elementary schools and lower secondary schools in Japan. The author believes entrepreneurship education is very suitable to the PIS. This paper reports the characteristics of the PIS, the meaning of entrepreneurship, and the present situation of entrepreneurship education at elementary schools and junior high schoals, in Japan. Entrepreneurship education becomes a very important educational area at schools in Japan. Based on the last curriculum revision in 1998, a new curriculum area named the Period for Integrated Study (PIS) started from April 2002 at elementary schools and lower secondary schools in Japan. The Ministry of Education described the aims and the characteristics of the PIS: The PIS aims at helping children develop the capability and ability to discover problems by themselves and solve those problems properly; Interdisciplinary and comprehensive studies, which reflect each individual school's efforts, and studies based upon children's own interests will help achieve this goal; It also aims at helping children discover how to learn and reason, develop a mind independently and creatively cope with problem-solving activities and/or inquiring activities, and deepen their understanding of their own way of life; It is assumed that children s knowledge and skills acquired in individual classes will be related with each other and deepened through the activities in the PIS and then they will work comprehensively for children. After the year of 1991, when the so-called Bubble Economy (enthusiastic economic boom) in Japan burst and the Soviet Union was collapsed, many people, particularly leaders in business world, economists and bureaucrats in the MITI(Ministry of International Trade and Industries) have been advocating the importance of entrepreneurship for recovering Japan's economy. The author thinks that entrepreneurship education in the schools should be populated in the PIS. There are some types of entrepreneurship education and enterprise education in the PIS. In the elementary schools, the popular work related activities are: First; growing and cultivating rice, some kind of vegetables particularly by the environmentally friendly method; no chemical, using organic fertilizer. Second; making some traditional processed foods like Tofu, Miso (paste made from soybeans, using for soup), Japanese sweets or cake, and Japanese noodles. Third; making some traditional products like cloth, string, pottery, and Japanese paper, in some cases getting materials of the products; growing cotton, rearing silkworms and so on. In the lower secondary schools, students' work experience is popular especially in the 8th grade. In many cases, students have a work experience for 2 or 3 days, at most for a week, at a farm or fishery, at a manufacturing factory, at a service shop like a flower shop, at a kindergarten or a nursery, and at a social welfare facility in the community. In many cases, a student can select where he/she works and seems to have a delightful work experience. With many schools adopting such work related activities and work experience in the PIS, I think it is a good chance for the entrepreneurship education to grow in Japan. Traditionally in Japan, particularly in an elementary school and a lower secondary school, the link between a school and community business has been very rare. Because, most parents and teachers have the idea that pupils should not be taught how to make money in a school. Introducing the PIS into the school curriculum may improve the atmosphere that makes parents and teachers agree to accept the children's work related activities and work experience in the school and the link between school and community business.

A coupled yeast signal sequence trap and transient plant expression strategy to identify genes encoding secreted proteins from peach pistils

Yamane, Hisayo,Lee, Sang-Jik,Kim, Byung-Dong,Tao, Ryutaro,Rose, Jocelyn K. C. Oxford University Press 2005 Journal of experimental botany Vol.56 No.418

<P>Many developmental processes and induced plant responses have been identified that are directly or indirectly influenced by wall-localized, or apoplastic, molecular interactions and signalling pathways. The yeast-based signal sequence trap (YSST) is a potentially valuable experimental tool to characterize the proteome of the wall and apoplast, or ‘secretome’, although few studies have been performed with plants and to date this strategy has not been coupled with a subsequent analysis to confirm extracellular localization of candidate proteins <I>in planta</I>. This current report describes the use of the YSST, together with transient expression of a selection of identified proteins as fusions with the reporter GFP, focusing on the complex extracellular interactions between peach (<I>Prunus persica</I>) pollen and pistil tissues. The coupled YSST and GFP localization assay was also used to confirm the extracellular localization of a recently identified pistil-specific basic RNase protein (PA1), as has been observed with S-RNases that are involved in self-incompatibility. This pilot YSST screen of pollinated and unpollinated pistil cDNAs revealed a diverse set of predicted cell wall-localized or plasma membrane-bound proteins, several of which have not previously been described. Transient GFP-fusion assays and RNA gel blot analyses were used to confirm their subcellular localization and to provide further insights into their expression or regulation, respectively. These results demonstrated that the YSST strategy represents an effective means either to confirm the extracellular localization of a specific candidate secreted protein, as demonstrated here with PA1, or to conduct a screen for new extracellular proteins.</P>

Visualization of Artificially Deposited Submicron-sized Aerosol Particles on the Surfaces of Leaves and Needles in Trees

Yamane, Kenichi,Nakaba, Satoshi,Yamaguchi, Masahiro,Kuroda, Katsushi,Sano, Yuzou,Lenggoro, I. Wuled,Izuta, Takeshi,Funada, Ryo Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment 2012 Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment (AJAE) Vol.6 No.4

To understand the effect of aerosols on the growth and physiological conditions of trees in forests, it is important to know the state of aerosols that are deposited on the surface of the leaves or needles. In this study, we developed methods of visualization of submicron-sized aerosols that were artificially deposited from the gas-phase or liquid phase onto tree leaves or needles in trees. Firstly, we used field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) to observe black carbon (BC) particles that were artificially sprayed onto the leaves or needles. The distribution of BC particles deposited on the leaves and needles were distinguished based on the size and morphological features of the particles. The distribution and agglomerates size of BC particles differed between two spraying methods of BC particles employed. Secondly, we tried to visualize gold (Au) particles that were artificially sprayed onto the leaves using energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX) coupled to FE-SEM. We detected the Au particles based on the characteristic X-ray spectrum, which was secondarily generated from the Au particles. In contrast to the case of BC particles, the Au particles did not form agglomerates and were uniformly distributed on the leaf surfaces. The present results show that our methods provide useful information of adsorption and/or behavior of fine particles at the submicron level on the surface of the leaves.

Central Functions of Amino Acids for the Stress Response in Chicks

Yamane, H.,Kurauchi, I.,Denbow, D.M.,Furuse, Mitsuhiro Asian Australasian Association of Animal Productio 2009 Animal Bioscience Vol.22 No.2

The nutritional significance of essential amino acids, as well as non-essential amino acids, is well documented in poultry production with regards to growth performance and protein accretion. However, the function of amino acids in the stress response is still unclear. L-Pipecolic acid, a L-lysine metabolite in the brain, induced a hypnotic and sedative effect acting via the ${\gamma}$- aminobutyric acid receptors. L-Arginine also induced a sedative effect via its metabolism to L-ornithine. In addition, three-carbon nonessential amino acids like L-alanine, L-serine and L-cysteine also induced sedative effects. These facts suggest that the requirement for amino acids in both essential and non-essential types may require reconsideration to add the concept of stress amelioration in the future.

고압력하에서의 재료(2), 고압력하의 고체중의확산

Yamane, Toshimi 한국재료학회 1993 한국재료학회지 Vol.3 No.4

Insulin-like Growth Factor-Ⅰand Ⅱ Induce An Increase in the Translational Activity of Amelogenin in the Mouse Embryonic First Molar In Vitro

Yamane, Akira,takahashi, Katsu,Bringas, Pablo,Amano, Osamu,Slavkin, Harold C.,Margarita, Zeichner-David Korean Academy of Oral Biology and the UCLA Dental 1997 International Journal of Oral Biology Vol.22 No.3

In order to elucidate the roles of insulin, IGF-Ⅰ and Ⅱ during amelogenesis, the effects of these factors on the translational activity of amelogenin, the predominant matrix protein in developing enamel, were examined in mouse embryonic molars maintained in vitro. Mouse mandibular first molars isolated from embryos on embryonic day 15 were cultured as an explant for 6, 12 and 18 days in serumless, chemically defined medium containing 1000ng/ml of insulin, 100ng/ml of IGF-Ⅰ or 100ng/ml of IGF-Ⅱ. The translational activity of amelogenin was measured by incorporation of [^35S]-methionine, immunoprecipitation with a specific amelogenin antibody followed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in combination with fluorography. IGF-Ⅰ and IGF-Ⅱ induced 55% and 104% increases in the translational activity of amelogenin respectively at 6 days in culture. This effect was lost after 12 and 18 days in culture. Insulin did not produce any significant differences in the translational activity of amelogenin. These data suggested that IGF-Ⅰ and Ⅱ accelerated amelogenesis by inducing an increase in amelogenin translation in the mouse mandibular first molar in vitro.

Web Catchphrase Improve System Employing Onomatopoeia and Large-Scale N-gram Corpus

Yamane, Hiroaki,Hagiwara, Masafumi Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems 2012 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of FUZZY LOGIC and INTELLIGE Vol.12 No.1

In this paper, we propose a system which improves text catchphrases on the web using onomatopoeia and the Japanese Google N-grams. Onomatopoeia is regarded as a fundamental tool in daily communication for people. The proposed system inserts an onomatopoetic word into plain text catchphrases. Being based on a large catchphrase encyclopedia, the proposed system evaluates each catchphrase's candidates considering the words, structure and usage of onomatopoeia. That is, candidates are selected whether they contain onomatopoeia and they use specific catchphrase grammatical structures. Subjective experiments show that inserted onomatopoeia is effective for making attractive catchphrases.

Verwendung von multimedialen Lehrmitteln, insbesondere von digitalisiertem Filmmaterial im Fach Germanistik

Yamane, Keiko 한독문학번역연구소 2003 번역연구 Vol.10 No.-

Web Catchphrase Improve System Employing Onomatopoeia and Large-Scale N-gram Corpus

Hiroaki Yamane,Masafumi Hagiwara 한국지능시스템학회 2012 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL of FUZZY LOGIC and INTELLIGE Vol.12 No.1

In this paper, we propose a system which improves text catchphrases on the web using onomatopoeia and the Japanese Google N-grams. Onomatopoeia is regarded as a fundamental tool in daily communication for people. The proposed system inserts an onomatopoetic word into plain text catchphrases. Being based on a large catchphrase encyclopedia, the proposed system evaluates each catchphrase’s candidates considering the words, structure and usage of onomatopoeia. That is, candidates are selected whether they contain onomatopoeia and they use specific catchphrase grammatical structures. Subjective experiments show that inserted onomatopoeia is effective for making attractive catchphrases.