Author Archives: ohzeki

Mouth-in-the-door: The effect of a sound image of an avatar intruding on personal space that deviates in position from the visual image

・We examine the audiovisual experience in virtual reality (VR) serv…

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Grid Flexibility Provision by Optimization of Fast-Charging Demand of Battery Electric Vehicles

・This study focuses on the provision of grid flexibility by public …

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Two types of wintertime teleconnection patterns over the western North Pacific associated with regionally different heating anomalies.

・The turnabout of air temperature anomalies over East Asia between …

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Relationship between hippocampal subfields volume and balance function in healthy older adults

・A correlation between balance function and the volume of the hippo…

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Machine learning-assisted discovery of growth decision elements by relating bacterial population dynamics to environmental diversity

・A large dataset describing the bacterial growth in a broad environ…

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Histidine Nτ-methylation identified as a new post-translational modification in histone H2A at His-82 and H3 at His-39.

・We set out to determine whether histidine methylation occurs in hi…

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CCPLS reveals cell-type-specific spatial dependence of transcriptomes in single cells

・We propose CCPLS, which is a statistical framework for identifying…

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Improved Scheduling of Morphing Edge Drawing

・We developed three scheduling methods to shorten the morphing cycl…

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Residual bond strength in reinforced concrete cracked by expansion agent filled pipe simulating rebar corrosion

・This study empirically investigates the bond strength degradation …

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Relationships between lifestyle habits and presenteeism among Japanese employees.

・This study showed that insufficient sleep, lack of regular exercis…

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Activity of estrogen receptor β expressing neurons in the medial amygdala regulates preference towards receptive females in male mice.

・By introducing a new Cre mice line for estrogen receptor beta (ERβ…

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Peak risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection within five seconds of face-to-face encounters: an observational/retrospective study

・This study aimed to visualize and measure the flow field of aeroso…

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Effect of provision of non-alcoholic beverages on alcohol consumption: A randomized controlled study.

・Our results suggested that providing free non-alcoholic beverages …

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Evolution of cooperation in multiplex networks through asymmetry between interaction and replacement

・We focus on a particular type of symmetry, namely, symmetry in the…

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Effects of home-based manual dexterity training on cognitive function among older adults: a randomized controlled trial

・This study examined the effects of home-based manual dexterity tra…

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Employing active learning in the optimization of culture medium for mammalian cells

・We introduced machine learning to finetune the medium components f…

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A statistical modeling approach based on the small-scale field trial and meteorological data for preliminary prediction of the impact of low temperature on Eucalyptus globulus trees.

・We proposed a novel statistical model to explain some of the damag…

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Targeted modification of CmACO1 by CRISPR/Cas9 extends the shelf-life of Cucumis melo var. reticulatus melon

・We attempted to extend the shelf-life of the Japanese luxury melon…

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γ-enolase (ENO2) is methylated at the Nτposition of His-190 among enolase isozymes.

・The differential distribution pattern of Nτ-methylated proteins wa…

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Automation of yeast spot assays using an affordable liquid handling robot

・To make reproducible spot assay experiments widely available, we h…

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Attracting Effect of Pinpoint Auditory Glimpse on Digital Signage

・We proposed the use of a pinpoint auditory glimpse as a sound-base…

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Brainwave activities reflecting depressed mood: a pilot study.

・This study aimed to show that some EEG activities are reflective o…

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Effects of a multicomponent day-care program on cerebral blood flow in patients with mild cognitive impairment

・There was a significant negative correlation between the attendanc…

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Stability improvement mechanism due to less charge accumulation in ternary polymer solar cells

・It clarifies the correlation between the device performance and th…

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