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“I just wanted to learn Japanese and visit Japan”
With growth in English-Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education, there have been increasing calls for research on this expansion, particularly the challenges facing students. Despite the growth in international...
“I just wanted to learn Japanese and visit Japan”
With growth in English-Medium of Instruction (EMI) in higher education, there have been increasing calls for research on this expansion, particularly the challenges facing students. Despite the growth in international...
SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 Mutations L452R and E484Q Are Not Synergistic for Antibody Evasion.
Isabella ATM Ferreira, Steven A Kemp, Rawlings Datir, Akatsuki Saito, Bo Meng, Partha Rakshit, Akifumi Takaori-Kondo, Yusuke Kosugi, Keiya Uriu, Izumi Kimura, Kotaro Shirakawa, Adam Abdullahi, Anurag Agarwal, Seiya Ozono, Kenzo Tokunaga, Kei Sato, Ravindra K Gupta, Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium CITIID-NIHR BioResource COVID-19 Collaboration, Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium
Jul 29, 2021
The SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617 variant emerged in the Indian state of Maharashtra in late 2020. There have been fears that 2 key mutations seen in the receptor-binding domain, L452R and E484Q, would have additive effects on evasion of...
B.1.617 covid-19 Indian variant SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Escape evasion FITNESS infectivity neutralizing antibodies resistance spike mutation Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 Animals Antibodies Neutralizing Antibodies Viral BNT162 Vaccine covid-19 COVID-19 Vaccines Chlorocebus aethiops HEK293 Cells Humans Immune Evasion india Mutation Protein Binding SARS-CoV-2 Serine Endopeptidases Spike Glycoprotein Coronavirus Vero Cells
Building primary care in Japan
Daisuke Kato, Hikohaku Ryu, Tomoki Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Abe, Makoto Kaneko, Mezhen Ko, Greg Irving, Robin Ramsay, Masatoshi Kondo
Feb 24, 2020
Japan's health system is well known for achieving one of the world's highest life expectancy with universal health coverage. However, the country now faces challenges of a rapidly aging population and changes in patterns and...
Apocalyptic Japan
Melvin L. Ellis
Jan 01, 0001
The devastation of Japan at the end of the Pacific war-- through the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the firebombing of Tokyo and other major cities, and the immense loss of life both on the warfront and at home--...
Japan Anime apocalypse culture loss of innocence duty victim's history Film and Media Studies Japanese Studies
Published by: Ursinus College
Consonant Cluster Reduction Observed in the Anglophone Community of Japan
Keiko Hirano
Sep 26, 2014
This paper investigates the consequences of frequent interaction with non-nativeEnglish speakers on the English usage of native English speakers living in Japan.Isolation from native speakers of English and frequent contact with...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
US Bilateral Relations With China and Their Effects on US-Japan and US-India Relations
Mackenzie Owens
Jan 01, 0001
How do US-China relations impact US relations with other Asian nations, specifically with India and Japan? US-China relations can be seen as the main driver in US relations with Japan and India following rapprochement with the...
United States China Japan india USSR 1969 Sino-Soviet Border Conflict International Relations Political Science Social and Behavioral Sciences
Published by: Ursinus College
Ghost Island: The Implications of Population Decline in Japan
Sasha Heasley
Jan 01, 0001
Japan has been experiencing one of the most rapid declines in population, approximately a two million person decrease over the past decade. Moreover, studies have shown that Japan, as an ageing society, highly depends on the...
Population ageing fertility decline shrinking economy Japan Business Economics Japanese Studies Social and Behavioral Sciences
Published by: Ursinus College
Modelling emotion, perfecting heart
Abstract: As part of a surge in technologies with so‐called ‘artificial emotional intelligence’, robotics engineers and Buddhist monks in Japan have developed an android bodhisattva to deliver teachings at a popular Zen temple....
International research visits and careers
This paper investigates the effect of international research visits on promotion. Research visits may help to expand existing networks and promote knowledge transfer while at the same time ensuring career stability, identified...
Comparison of the Phenotype and Outcome of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Between UK and Japanese Cohorts.
Shunsuke Furuta, Afzal N Chaudhry, Yoshihiro Arimura, Hiroaki Dobashi, Shouichi Fujimoto, Sakae Homma, Niels Rasmussen, David R Jayne
Feb 27, 2020
OBJECTIVE: There are differences in the frequencies of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis subgroups between different geographic regions, and we have reported differences in the phenotype of...
ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY–ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS Europe Granulomatosis with polyangiitis Japan outcome Phenotype Adult Age of Onset Aged Antibodies Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Disease-Free Survival Female Glucocorticoids Granulomatosis with polyangiitis Humans Japan Male Middle Aged Phenotype Prognosis Recurrence Retrospective Studies Survival Rate Treatment Outcome United Kingdom
Bioinspired genotype-phenotype linkages
The idea of compartmentalization of genotype and phenotype in cells is key for enabling Darwinian evolution. This contribution describes bioinspired systems that use in vitro compartments-water-in-oil droplets and gel-shell...
Structural properties of genotype-phenotype maps.
SE Ahnert
Jun 20, 2017
The map between genotype and phenotype is fundamental to biology. Biological information is stored and passed on in the form of genotypes, and expressed in the form of phenotypes. A growing body of literature has examined a wide...
Consonant Cluster Reduction Observed in the Anglophone Community of Japan
Keiko Hirano
Sep 26, 2014
This paper investigates the consequences of frequent interaction with non-nativeEnglish speakers on the English usage of native English speakers living in Japan.Isolation from native speakers of English and frequent contact with...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Effects of Frequent Interaction with Non-Native Speakers on English Dialect
Keiko Hirano
Nov 19, 2013
/T,d/ deletion was chosen as a speech token to test modifications to usage by native speakers of English due to frequent interactions with non-native anglophones in Japan. Approximately 250 tokens per each of thirty-nine...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Effects of Frequent Interaction with Non-Native Speakers on English Dialect
Keiko Hirano
Nov 19, 2013
/T,d/ deletion was chosen as a speech token to test modifications to usage by native speakers of English due to frequent interactions with non-native anglophones in Japan. Approximately 250 tokens per each of thirty-nine...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 Delta variant replication and immune evasion.
Petra Mlcochova, Steven A Kemp, Mahesh Shanker Dhar, Guido Papa, Bo Meng, Isabella ATM Ferreira, Rawlings Datir, Dami A Collier, Anna Albecka, Sujeet Singh, Rajesh Pandey, Jonathan Brown, Jie Zhou, Niluka Goonawardane, Swapnil Mishra, Charles Whittaker, Thomas Mellan, Robin Marwal, Meena Datta, Shantanu Sengupta, Kalaiarasan Ponnusamy, Venkatraman Srinivasan Radhakrishnan, Adam Abdullahi, Oscar Charles, Partha Chattopadhyay, Priti Devi, Daniela Caputo, Tom Peacock, Chand Wattal, Neeraj Goel, Ambrish Satwik, Raju Vaishya, Meenakshi Agarwal, Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), Genotype to Phenotype Japan (G2P-Japan) Consortium, CITIID-NIHR BioResource COVID-19 Collaboration, Antranik Mavousian, Joo Hyeon Lee, Jessica Bassi, Chiara Silacci-Fegni, Christian Saliba, Dora Pinto, Takashi Irie, Isao Yoshida, William L Hamilton, Kei Sato, Samir Bhatt, Seth Flaxman, Leo C James, Davide Corti, Luca Piccoli, Wendy S Barclay, Partha Rakshit, Anurag Agrawal, Ravindra K Gupta
Sep 10, 2021
The B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first identified in the state of Maharashtra in late 2020 and spread throughout India, outcompeting pre-existing lineages...
Japan: Where Did All the People Go? An Empirical Study on Economic and Social Impacts on Low Fertility in Japan
Sasha Heasley
Jan 01, 0001
This project analyzed potential impacts on the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) in Japan (2010 and 2015), which is dealing with both a declining population and an ageing population in parallel. Results indicate that income per person...
demographics Japan total fertility rate income per capita population decline marriage rate labor force Asian Studies Business Economics Social and Behavioral Sciences
Published by: Ursinus College
Rewriting of Text and Paratext: Reception of “Bushido
Xiao Li
Jan 01, 2022
Bushido: The Soul of Japan is an influential sociology work for the world to study Japan. Drawing primarily upon cultural translation studies and Gerard Genette's paratext theory, this article investigates how the 10 Chinese...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
International research visits and careers
This paper investigates the effect of international research visits on promotion. Research visits may help to expand existing networks and promote knowledge transfer while at the same time ensuring career stability, identified...
Impact of loss-to-follow-up on cancer survival estimates for small populations
Objectives: The accuracy of the ascertainment of vital status impacts the validity of cancer survival. This study assesses the potential impact of loss-to-follow-up on survival in Japan, both nationally and in the samples seen...
Demystifying Ambiguous Words in Request for Proposals of Information Systems in Japan
Disagreements in interpreting words in software requirements specifications (SRSs) can lead to project failure. Various approaches to identifying and preventing ambiguous words in SRSs have been proposed. Yet, it is unclear...
Published by: IGI Global Scientific Publishing
History matters
Abstract Many studies have addressed how current immigrant size affects the strength of xenophobia from the perspectives of intergroup contact and ethnic competition theories. Can native...
An investigation of marketing capabilities and social enterprise performance in the UK and Japan
The purpose of this article is to extend the existing research on the relationship between eight different types of marketing capability and social enterprise performance. More specifically, we examine third-sector organizations...
Transient mutation bias increases the predictability of evolution on an empirical genotype-phenotype landscape
Predicting how a population will likely navigate a genotype-phenotype landscape requires consideration of selection in combination with mutation bias, which can skew the likelihood of following a particular trajectory. Strong...
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