Farewell     

Kaoru Yamamoto 《The Educational forum》2013,77(4):327-328

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Kaoru Yamamoto 《The Educational forum》2013,77(3)

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Reflections from the Desert     

Kaoru Yamamoto 《The Educational forum》2013,77(3)

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Kaoru Yamamoto 《The Educational forum》2013,77(1)

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Supervised nonnegative matrix factorization via minimization of regularized Moreau-envelope of divergence function with application to music transcription     

Masahiro Yukawa  Hideaki Kagami 《Journal of The Franklin Institute》2018,355(4):2041-2066

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Japanese Educational System Improving Ongoing Practice in Schools     

Masahiro Arimoto 《School Effectiveness & School Improvement》2013,24(4):380-388

The characteristics of the Japanese educational system are described. Japanese schools provide a prescribed curriculum and pupils spend much of the day at the desk. Teachers identify with their schools and are committed to service. Behind the Japanese school culture is “a view of improvement” to make schools better by working harder, which is a different view from those in Western and many other Asian nations. To understand effectiveness in schools, frameworks are needed which are deeply rooted in Japanese culture, Buddhism and Confucianism. To improve schools, strategies are needed with new diagnostic instruments deeply rooted in the unique characteristics or school culture that each school possesses.  相似文献   

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Kaoru Yamamoto 《The Educational forum》2013,77(2)

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Combined effects of pre-cooling and water ingestion on thermoregulation and physical capacity during exercise in a hot environment   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

Hasegawa H  Takatori T  Komura T  Yamasaki M 《Journal of sports sciences》2006,24(1):3-9

The aim of the present study was to determine the combined effects of pre-cooling and water ingestion on thermoregulatory responses and exercise capacity at 32 degrees C and 80% relative humidity. Nine untrained males exercised for 60 min on a cycle ergometer at 60% maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) (first exercise bout) under four separate conditions: No Water intake, Pre-cooling, Water ingestion, and a combination of pre-cooling and water ingestion (Combined). To evaluate the efficacy of these conditions on exercise capacity, the participants exercised to exhaustion at 80% VO2max (second exercise bout) following the first exercise bout. Rectal and mean skin temperatures before the first exercise bout in the Pre-cooling and Combined conditions were significantly lower than in the No Water and Water conditions. At the end of the first exercise bout, rectal temperature was lower in the Combined condition (38.5 +/- 0.1 degrees C) than in the other conditions (No Water: 39.1 +/- 0.1 degrees C; Pre-cooling: 38.7 +/- 0.1 degrees C; Water: 38.8 +/- 0.1 degrees C) (P < 0.05). Heat storage was higher following pre-cooling than when there was no pre-cooling (P < 0.05). The final rectal temperature in the second exercise bout was similar between the four conditions (39.1 +/- 0.1 degrees C). However, exercise time to exhaustion was longer (P < 0.05) in the Combined condition than in the other conditions. Total sweat loss was less following pre-cooling than when there was no pre-cooling (P < 0.001). Evaporative sweat loss in the Water and Combined conditions was greater (P < 0.01) than in the No Water and Pre-cooling conditions. Our results suggest that the combination of pre-cooling and water ingestion increases exercise endurance in a hot environment through enhanced heat storage and decreased thermoregulatory and cardiovascular strain.  相似文献   

An electroactive microwell array for trapping and lysing single-bacterial cells   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Kim SH  Yamamoto T  Fourmy D  Fujii T 《Biomicrofluidics》2011,5(2):24114

Interest in single-cell analysis has increased because it allows to understand cell metabolism and characterize disease states, cellular adaptation to environmental changes, cell cycles, etc. Here, the authors propose a device to electrically trap and lyse single-bacterial cells in an array format for high-throughput single-cell analysis. The applied electric field is highly deformed and concentrated toward the inside of the microwell structures patterned on the planar electrode. This configuration effectively generates dielectrophoretic force to attract a single cell per well. The microwell has a comparable size to the target bacterial cell making it possible to trap single cells by physically excluding additional cells. Inducing highly concentrated electric potential on the cell membrane can also effectively lyse the trapped single-bacterial cells. The feasibility of the authors' approach was demonstrated by trapping and lysing Escherichia coli cells at the single-cell level. The present microwell array can be used as a basic tool for individual bacterial cell analysis.  相似文献   

Adverse effects of energy restriction on myogenic enzymes in judoists     

Takashi Umeda  Shigeyuki Nakaji  Tadashi Shimoyama  Youske Yamamoto  Manabu Totsuka  Kazuo Sugawara 《Journal of sports sciences》2013,31(4):329-338

In this study, we examined the effects of weight reduction by restricting energy intake on muscle function and serum concentrations of myogenic enzymes in judoists. Twenty-seven male judoists aged 19.3±0.6 years (mean±s) were divided into three groups based on the extent of body weight reduction: high weight reduction (height 1.70±0.05?m, body mass 78.5 ±13.6?kg), low weight reduction (height 1.70±0.05?m, body mass 80.7±13.1?kg) and a group that maintained body weight while continuing to perform exercise training (height 1.78± 0.07?m, body mass 78.7±8.8?kg). Body composition, blood biochemistry, energy intake and anaerobic power were assessed on four occasions: 20 days (baseline data), 4 days and 1 day before and 7 days after competition. Compared with baseline, body mass and fat-free mass were significantly lower 1 day before competition in the high and low weight reduction groups (both P?<0.01); these changes persisted for 7 days after competition in the high weight reduction group. Serum creatine kinase was significantly elevated 1 day before competition in all groups (all P?<0.05), and remained higher 7 days after competition in both the high and low weight reduction groups. Compared with baseline, maximal anaerobic power was significantly lower 1 day before competition only in the high weight reduction group (P?<0.01). Our results suggest that energy restriction in addition to intense exercise training before major competition has an adverse effect on anaerobic power and elevates serum creatine kinase concentration, leading to an impairment of muscular function and an increased susceptibility of muscle tissue to injury.  相似文献