start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=9 end-page=17 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Rarefied Gas Flow Over a Solid Surface with Adsorbates en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The molecular dynamics study is applied for interaction of the gas molecule with the solid wall to analyse the flow of a rarefied gas between two wall. The wall consisting of Pt molecules is considered to be in a state of physical adsorbates. Two problems are considered : one is the flow problem and the other is the temperature problem. It is found that the tangential momentum accommodation coefficient is about 0.8 when the relative speed ratio of the two walls is unity, while it decreases with increasing Knudsen number when the relative wall speed ratio is 5.0. It shown that the temperature accommodation coefficient is about 0.85 at 300K wall, 0.75 at 450K wall, and 0.69 at 600K wall. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YamamotoKyoji en-aut-sei=Yamamoto en-aut-mei=Kyoji kn-aut-name=ŽR–{‹±“ñ kn-aut-sei=ŽR–{ kn-aut-mei=‹±“ñ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=25 end-page=37 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Numerical Study on the Performance of an Open-type Flat-plate Solar Collector en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A set mathematical models was developed for predicting the performance of an open-type flat-plate solar collector, and solved numerically through an implicit difference method. The effects of various parameters on the absorption of solar energy for the collector were investigated. The results showed that the solar energy absorptance of the open-type flat-plate collector was relatively high especially for the region where the weather was humid and hot, and there were an optimum length and an optimum tilt angle for the absorbing plate on which the collector could obtain the highest solar energy absorptance. It was found that the latent heat flux of water evaporation could be 5 to 15 times larger than the sensible heat flux. The effects of the magnitude of the solar incident flux, the atmospheric humidity, the atmospheric temperature, the absorbing plate tilt angle, and water film thickness on the temperature rising of the water film were clarified in numerical quantities. The increase of the solar incident flux, the atmospheric humidity or the atmospheric temperature also resulted in a rise in the energy absorptance of the collector. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=SongBaoyin kn-aut-sei=Song kn-aut-mei=Baoyin aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=InabaHideo en-aut-sei=Inaba en-aut-mei=Hideo kn-aut-name=ˆî—t‰p’j kn-aut-sei=ˆî—t kn-aut-mei=‰p’j aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=HoribeAkihiko en-aut-sei=Horibe en-aut-mei=Akihiko kn-aut-name=–x•”–¾•F kn-aut-sei=–x•” kn-aut-mei=–¾•F aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=29 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=6 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1994 dt-pub=19941130 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Scribing of Ceramie Circuit Board with Q-Switched NdFYAG Laser en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Scribing of copper coated alumina ceramic board with Q-switched YAG laser used for the maskless direct patterning of circuit@board is experimentally investigated, which leads to efficient production of trial circuit board. Better dividing of alumina circuit board 655ƒÊm in thickness can be attained by the scribing of about 100ƒÊm depth. Higher repetition frequency of laser irradiation leads to smaller notch angle and lower breaking load. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=UnoYoshiyuki en-aut-sei=Uno en-aut-mei=Yoshiyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KubotaShin-ichiro en-aut-sei=Kubota en-aut-mei=Shin-ichiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=YokomizoSeiichi en-aut-sei=Yokomizo en-aut-mei=Seiichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=OgataKojiro en-aut-sei=Ogata en-aut-mei=Kojiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=TadaNobuhiko en-aut-sei=Tada en-aut-mei=Nobuhiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Industrial Technology Center of Okayama Prefecture affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Industrial Technology Center of Okayama Prefecture affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=29 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=23 end-page=34 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1994 dt-pub=19941130 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Study on Water Quality of Surface Runoff and Groundwater Runoff on the Basis of Separation by a Numerical Filter en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this study we investigated the water quality of surface runoff and groundwater runoff from the basins of the Yodo River and the Asahi River based on that separated by a numerical filter. The water quality of the surface runoff is greatly different from the groundwater runoff. The tendency of concentration change in accordance with river discharges is different from each other. The water qtiality of groundwater runoff changes with river discharges clockwise in many cases. The differences of COD and SS originating from those of population and industrial activities in each basin are found in the lower SS concentrations of the surface runoff and the COD cencentrations of the groundwater runoff. The nutrients and chlorine ion were investigated, too. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KawaraOsami en-aut-sei=Kawara en-aut-mei=Osami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=FukumotoKohji kn-aut-sei=Fukumoto kn-aut-mei=Kohji aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Environmental Science and Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Tottori Prefectural Office END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=10 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1997 dt-pub=19970328 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Microstructure of Oxide Layers Formed on Magnesium Surface at Elevated Temperature en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The microstructure of oxidizing magnesium at elevated temperatures has been studied using HR-TEM, SEM and EDS. Two kinds of thin magnesium specimen for TEM observation were prepared. One was oxidized after preparing TEM foil of magnesium, the other was prepared from an oxidized bulk magnesium for observing the cross-section of oxide/Mg interfacial region. In the former, several oxides(MgO) morphologies were observed depending on the temperature and time of the oxidization. The growth of needle-like oxides formed at 573K and mottled oxides formed at 773K were recognized as a remarkable phenomenon belonging to the local oxidization. These oxides were composed of poly-crystal. The thin uniform oxidization layer was also observed in all conditions. In the cross-sectional observation, the local oxide layer, nearly 300nm in thickness, on the matrix(Mg) were observed. The thin uniform oxidized layer of bulk samples was identified as a kind of modified layer (~40nm in thickness) in which the formation of HR-TEM lattice fringes were prevented by the strain due to the slight oxidization. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=ArisawaHideaki kn-aut-sei=Arisawa kn-aut-mei=Hideaki aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=SongZhi-Yi kn-aut-sei=Song kn-aut-mei=Zhi-Yi aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TakemotoYoshito en-aut-sei=Takemoto en-aut-mei=Yoshito kn-aut-name=’|Œ³‰Ã—˜ kn-aut-sei=’|Œ³ kn-aut-mei=‰Ã—˜ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=HidaMoritaka en-aut-sei=Hida en-aut-mei=Moritaka kn-aut-name=”ò“cŽçF kn-aut-sei=”ò“c kn-aut-mei=ŽçF aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=11 end-page=20 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1997 dt-pub=19970328 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Internal Structure and Phase Transformation of Ti-V Alloy Fine Particles en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Fine particles of Ti-V alloy were prepared by means of arc method and were investigated on internal structure and phase transformation using HR-TEM and EDS. Martensite phase was observed in a particle containing comparatively low concentration of V, and ƒÖ phase was also found to exist in a nearly 15% V particle. The structure of the ƒÖ phase in the fine particle is remarkably expanded in comparison with the bulk sample, and the ƒÖ phase is unstable, so that it has disappeared in a few seconds during TEM observation. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=IshiiKouta kn-aut-sei=Ishii kn-aut-mei=Kouta aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TakemotoYoshito en-aut-sei=Takemoto en-aut-mei=Yoshito kn-aut-name=’|Œ³‰Ã—˜ kn-aut-sei=’|Œ³ kn-aut-mei=‰Ã—˜ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=HidaMoritaka en-aut-sei=Hida en-aut-mei=Moritaka kn-aut-name=”ò“cŽçF kn-aut-sei=”ò“c kn-aut-mei=ŽçF aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=21 end-page=27 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1997 dt-pub=19970328 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Estimation of Internal Viscoelasticity by Mechanical Impedance en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In evaluating the stiffness of skin surface, internal structures such as bone and muscle often affect the measurements. In the present paper, acoustic random vibration is used to estimated the viscoelasticity of a silicone-gel model. This viscoelasticity, which includes two different stiffness strata, is first estimated using a mechanical impedance spectrum, which describes the relation between the depth and viscoelasticity of internal objects. This method is applied to the depth of a silicone-gel tumor model measured by ultrasound imaging and the viscoelasticity of internal gel can be accurately estimated. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=OkaHisao en-aut-sei=Oka en-aut-mei=Hisao kn-aut-name=‰ª‹v—Y kn-aut-sei=‰ª kn-aut-mei=‹v—Y aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=NakamuraTakahiko en-aut-sei=Nakamura en-aut-mei=Takahiko kn-aut-name=’†‘º‹M•F kn-aut-sei=’†‘º kn-aut-mei=‹M•F aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=29 end-page=37 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1997 dt-pub=19970328 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Estimation of Loosening of Knee Joint Prosthesis en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Knee replacement arthroplasty is indicated for the patient with advanced knee pain, knee deformation, and knee functional disorder. The aim of this study was to estimate loosening after a knee replacement arthroplasty. Loosening is measured by a frequency response function, and mobility by random vibration. The modal parameters for the knee joint are obtained by applying a modal analysis to the frequency response function. The values decrease as the knee joint prosthesis loosened. These parameters serve as an index for the condition between a thighbone and the prosthesis. The various indexes will greatly clarify the stage of advance in the loosening of knee-joint prostheses. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=OkaHisao en-aut-sei=Oka en-aut-mei=Hisao kn-aut-name=‰ª‹v—Y kn-aut-sei=‰ª kn-aut-mei=‹v—Y aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OhshimaMasakazu en-aut-sei=Ohshima en-aut-mei=Masakazu kn-aut-name=‘哇³˜a kn-aut-sei=‘哇 kn-aut-mei=³˜a aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=39 end-page=44 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1997 dt-pub=19970328 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Bioactivity of Nb(V) and Ta(V)-Doped Calcium Silicate Glasses en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Nb(2)O(5)-and Ta(2)O(5)-doped calcium si1icate glasses were soaked for various periods in a simulated body fluid(Kokubo solution) up to 30 days. Apatite formation ability of the surface of these glasses were investigated with thin-film X-ray diffraction and FT-IR reflection spectroscopy. The effects of these additive oxides on the bioactivity of CaO¥SiO(2) based glass were discussed. A small amount of Nb(2)O(5) and Ta(2)O(5) suppressed the rate of silica hydrogel layer formation and the apatite formation on the surface of the glasses. The rate of the apatite nucleation on the surface of Nb(2)O(5)-doped calcium silicate glass was slower than that on the surface of Ta(2)O(5)-doped calcium silicate glass. It was concluded that the decrease in the apatite forming ability of calcium silicate glasses by these additive oxides is attributed to the suppression of formation of silica hydrogel layer which plays an important role in apatite nucleation. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=ImayoshiNaoki kn-aut-sei=Imayoshi kn-aut-mei=Naoki aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=HayakawaSatoshi en-aut-sei=Hayakawa en-aut-mei=Satoshi kn-aut-name=‘ì‘ kn-aut-sei=‘ì kn-aut-mei=‘ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=OhtsukiChikara en-aut-sei=Ohtsuki en-aut-mei=Chikara kn-aut-name=‘å’ÎŽåÅ kn-aut-sei=‘å’Î kn-aut-mei=ŽåÅ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakaAkiyoshi en-aut-sei=Osaka en-aut-mei=Akiyoshi kn-aut-name=”öâ–¾‹` kn-aut-sei=”öâ kn-aut-mei=–¾‹` aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=45 end-page=51 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1997 dt-pub=19970328 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Bioactive Calcium Borosilicate Glasses for Enameling Titanium en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The thermal expansion coefficient of some bioactive glasses in the system CaO-SiO(2)-B(2)O(3) were adjusted to be similar to that of titanium by controlling the composition. A glass of composition 45CaO¥30SiO(2)¥25B(2)O(3) was selected among those as the enameling glass. A slurry was prepared by mixing the glass powder and ethanal to be developed on titanium and heated at 740Ž for 30 min. Thus treated specimen was soaked in a simulated body fluid (Kokubo solutiion). FT-IR reflection and thin film X-ray diffraction analyses indicated apatite formation on the glass coating layer within 12 h of soaking in the fluid. Thus titanium could be provided with bioactivity due to the enameling. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=OsakaAkiyoshi en-aut-sei=Osaka en-aut-mei=Akiyoshi kn-aut-name=”öâ–¾‹` kn-aut-sei=”öâ kn-aut-mei=–¾‹` aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=KobayashiKeizo kn-aut-sei=Kobayashi kn-aut-mei=Keizo aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=HayakawaSatoshi en-aut-sei=Hayakawa en-aut-mei=Satoshi kn-aut-name=‘ì‘ kn-aut-sei=‘ì kn-aut-mei=‘ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=OhtsukiChikara en-aut-sei=Ohtsuki en-aut-mei=Chikara kn-aut-name=‘å’ÎŽåÅ kn-aut-sei=‘å’Î kn-aut-mei=ŽåÅ aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioengineering Science affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioengineering Science affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioengineering Science affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioengineering Science END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=53 end-page=60 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1997 dt-pub=19970328 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Plant Layout Method Considering Material Handling Cost and Maintainability en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper presents a method using simulated annealing(SA) and genetic algorithm(GA) to solve the plant layout problem in which the layout is evaluated by material handling cost and maintainability. In the former study about facility layout problem, it was either the minimization of the objeective function consisting of transport cost or the maximization of the objective function consisting of closeness rating. In this paper, both transport cost and maintainability were included in the objective function to be minimized. The plant layout problem, this paper proposes the heuristic procedures to obtain a suboptimal layout solution by combining SA with GA. From the simulation by computer, it concluded that the method which SA is combined with GA is more efficient than the method which utilizes SA and GA independently. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=FujiharaYutaka kn-aut-sei=Fujihara kn-aut-mei=Yutaka aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Matsue National College of Technology, Department of Control Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of System Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=61 end-page=65 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1997 dt-pub=19970328 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Method of Shape Recognition Using Geometry Information en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=At present, the two dimensional CAD systems which are used to make drawings go around widely. But in order to use design data at the lower stream of production process, the replacement from the two dimensional CAD systems to the three dimensional CAD systems have started. Accordingly it is dimensional drawings for the three dimensional shapes. And it is also necessary to store them in the three dimensional CAD systems. And in the studying of the machine vision which is often used as "Eyes of robot" , it is being studied the method to recognize the three dimensional objects from the two dimensional image. This is the problem about data exchange, too. Therefore in this report, we propose the method to exchange the plural two dimensional elements of figure from image relations between elements were found from reference of the element coordinates. Next, the three dimensional shapes were reasoned from reference of the knowledge (for corner, etc) prepared beforehand. Then that data were exchanged to the three dimensional CAD data. We report one example about this method. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=YamadaMitsuru kn-aut-sei=Yamada kn-aut-mei=Mitsuru aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Industrial Technology Center of Okayama Prefecture affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=67 end-page=72 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1997 dt-pub=19970328 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Price Determination Method Based on Price Elasticity en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, we propose the price determination method using the parameter of the price elasticity that shows the relation between price and demand. Firstly, the state of the price elasticity is examined under the condition that the relation between price and demand are assumed by the inverse proportional function, the linear function and the quadratic function. Secondly, the profit is estimated for each product by break even point analysis. And the price is determined under the condition that the relation between the demand and price is shown by one of three@demand-pridce functions above mentioned. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=LiZhenzi kn-aut-sei=Li kn-aut-mei=Zhenzi aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=4 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19981130 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Effect of Solute Clusters on Low Temperature Aging in Dilute Al-Ag Alloys en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Aging of diolute Al-Ag alloys after quenching from low temperatures were studied mainly by electrical resistometry. Maximum resistivity observed in the aging curve of specimens quenched from high temeperature disappeared when the quenching temperature was lowered to 473 or 453K. When the quenching temperature was lowered further to 423K or lower, however, maximum resistivity reappeared. At the temperature lower than or equal to 423K but higher than the GP zone solvus, the alloys were not homogeneous but had clusters of solute atoms or fluctuation of solute concentration. Inhomogeneous distribution of solute atoms may affect the aging behavior after quenching from that temperature. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=SakakibaraAkira en-aut-sei=Sakakibara en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name=匴¸ kn-aut-sei=匴 kn-aut-mei=¸ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanadaniTeruto en-aut-sei=Kanadani en-aut-mei=Teruto kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Eengineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering, Okayama University of Science END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=5 end-page=17 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19981130 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Rigid-Plastic Deformation of Inhomogeneous Material with Elliptic Inclusions Sliding along Boundary en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The influence of the slip between the inclusion and the matrix during the plastic deformation of inhomogeneous material with elliptic inclusions is investigated. The material is assumed to be rigid-plastic. The boundary slip region is modeled by assuming lower yield stress for the thin boundary region than those of the inclusion and the matrix. The rigid-plastic finite element method is used for the numerical calculation under the plane strain condition. The effects of the aspect ratio of the inclusion, the yield stress of the boundary region, and the volume fraction of the inclusion on the deformation mode are studied. The patterns of the strain concentration and the averaged flow stress of the inhomogeneous material are also discussed. The results may be helpful for understanding creep or superplastic deformation of metals with inclusions. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=AbeTakeji en-aut-sei=Abe en-aut-mei=Takeji kn-aut-name=ˆ¢•”•Ž¡ kn-aut-sei=ˆ¢•” kn-aut-mei=•Ž¡ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=NamikoshiRyuji kn-aut-sei=Namikoshi kn-aut-mei=Ryuji aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=NagayamaNoriyuki kn-aut-sei=Nagayama kn-aut-mei=Noriyuki aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=TakanoYasuju kn-aut-sei=Takano kn-aut-mei=Yasuju aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering and Cooperative Research Center, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Shikoku Instrumentation Co., Ltd. affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Industrial Technology Center of Okayama Prefecture affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Kobe Steel, Ltd. en-keyword=Plasticity kn-keyword=Plasticity en-keyword=Composite Material kn-keyword=Composite Material en-keyword=Sliding Inclusions kn-keyword=Sliding Inclusions en-keyword=Rigid-Plastic Deformation kn-keyword=Rigid-Plastic Deformation en-keyword=Finite Element Method kn-keyword=Finite Element Method END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=19 end-page=30 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19981130 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Measurement of saturated solubilities and diffusion coefficients of pure gases to mineral oil en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The present paper deals with measurements of the diffusion coefficients as well as the saturated solubilities of single component gases such as N(2), O(2) and CO(2) to a mineral oil. The method to determine the diffusivity is based upon measuring the pressure changes caused by the one-dimensional diffusion between the gas and the oil enclosed in an airtight container. For N(2) and O(2) the profiles of the measured pressure changes agree well with those predicted by diffusion theory, whereas that is not the case with CO(2). Although the reason why CO(2) does not seem to obey diffusion theory has yet to be studied, it may suggest the possibility that the diffusion coefficient varies with the pressure, considering that the range of pressure change in the diffusivity measurement was much obtained by this method fell within }30% around the average. Moreover the solubility measurements have made clear that Henry's law holds true between the three pure gases and the oils tested, and that O(2) and CO(2) dissolve into the oil approximately two and ten times more, respectively, than N(2). en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=WashioSeiichi en-aut-sei=Washio en-aut-mei=Seiichi kn-aut-name=˜h”ö½ˆê kn-aut-sei=˜h”ö kn-aut-mei=½ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TakahashiSatoshi en-aut-sei=Takahashi en-aut-mei=Satoshi kn-aut-name=‚‹´’q kn-aut-sei=‚‹´ kn-aut-mei=’q aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImotoChikashi en-aut-sei=Imoto en-aut-mei=Chikashi kn-aut-name=ˆäŒ³’q‰ÂŽŠ kn-aut-sei=ˆäŒ³ kn-aut-mei=’q‰ÂŽŠ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=YoshidaAtsumasa en-aut-sei=Yoshida en-aut-mei=Atsumasa kn-aut-name=‹g“c“ij kn-aut-sei=‹g“c kn-aut-mei=“ij aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Machanical Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Machanical Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd. affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Machanical Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=19 end-page=24 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Small Type Hydrocyclone with a Perforated Inner Cylinder en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A new type of hydrocyclone with a perforated inner cylinder is tested experimentally to study its performance for liquid-solid separation. The size of the cyclone is small so that it may be effective for small particle separation. Two types of the inner cylinder were made : the one has 39.5% void fraction of the perforated surface and the other has 73.5% . The mean particle diameter is 4.5 ƒÊ m. It is found that the pressure loss of the cyclone with the inner cylinder is reduced by about 25% compared with that of the ordinary type. The new type cyclone has better separation efficiency. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YamamotoKyoji en-aut-sei=Yamamoto en-aut-mei=Kyoji kn-aut-name=ŽR–{‹±“ñ kn-aut-sei=ŽR–{ kn-aut-mei=‹±“ñ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=JiaoXuecheng kn-aut-sei=Jiao kn-aut-mei=Xuecheng aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=JiaoXuezhen kn-aut-sei=Jiao kn-aut-mei=Xuezhen aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=lnstitute of Harbin Architectural and Civil Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=31 end-page=37 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19981130 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Study on Robot System to Hand Surgical Intrument to a Surgeon in a Surgery (1st Report, Development of Surgical Instrument Recognition System) en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The nurse supporting robot system to prepare and hand surgical instruments to a surgeon is proposed to reduce work of nurse in a surgical operation. In this paper, the surgical instrument recognition system (SIRS) is developed to hand the surgical instruments to a surgeon by the robot. The characteristics ot the instruments are area of the instruments, ratio of minimum center-contour distance to maximum one and its outline contour, are recognized by using the image processing. Kinds of the instruments are distinguished by these characteristics. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=IwamotoHidehisa kn-aut-sei=Iwamoto kn-aut-mei=Hidehisa aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MunesawaYoshiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yoshiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=HashimotoAtsufumi kn-aut-sei=Hashimoto kn-aut-mei=Atsufumi aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=SekiShuji en-aut-sei=Seki en-aut-mei=Shuji kn-aut-name=ŠÖB“ñ kn-aut-sei=ŠÖ kn-aut-mei=B“ñ aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Kure National College of Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of System Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of System Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of System Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of System Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Medicine, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=39 end-page=45 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19981130 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Recognition Index of Part and Unit by Discrimination Characteristics en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, we propose a recognition index to evaluate the complexity of discrimination among parts and units. The parts and units are classified into some groups (the number of groups is shown as n) by one characteristic, such as color, shape, size and so on. The recognition index of each is denoted as log(2) (n+1) by the information quantity formula. The recognition diagram shows the classfication of parts and units into only one part and unit by the structure of a characteristic. Further we propose the line balancing method for assembly line based on the working time and recognition index. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=MunesawaYoshiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yoshiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=47 end-page=52 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19981130 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=The Recognition Methods Combined Image Processing With 2D or 3D CAD Information (CAD/IP) en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, we propose the recognition methods by image processing using 2D or 3D CAD. In the case of 2D CAD, an object is recognized by comparing five characters calculated from the center of gravity and contour. In the case of 3D CAD, there are two recognition methods. Firstly 3D CAD figure is transformed into 2D CAD figures. And an object is recognized by comparing 2D CAD figures with inputted images. Secondly the three dimensional coordinates of vertexes on an object are calculated from the images taken from some cameras and compared 3D coordinates with those of 3D CAD figures and recognized the sort of an object. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=JindaiMitsuru en-aut-sei=Jindai en-aut-mei=Mitsuru kn-aut-name=_‘ã[ kn-aut-sei=_‘ã kn-aut-mei=[ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MunesawaYosiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yosiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=53 end-page=57 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19981130 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Method for Designing an Automatic Monitoring System for Unmanned Rooms en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A method for designing a monitoring system with multiple cameras is proposed in order to supervise and recognize the progress of wide work area. First, a wide view camera is deveeloped by combining several usual cameras so that its visual angle could cover more than ƒÎ/2. Secondly, A method for determining the number and location points of cameras is proposed by considering the shape of monitored area and the installation cost of cameras. The monitored area is divided into three kinds of basic shape (rectangular form, L form and convex form). For every basic shape area, the camera is located at the vertex pasition, so that the whole area can be monitored by the camera. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=LiSen kn-aut-sei=Li kn-aut-mei=Sen aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MunesawaYosiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yosiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=59 end-page=64 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19981130 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Facility Layout Linked with Scheduling Problem by Genetic Algorithm and Tabu Search en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, we propose a method to solve simultaneously facility layout problem and scheduling problem. About a initial random layout planning, the production scheduling and the transportation scheduling of AGV are obtained by using priority rules. From the obtained transportation scheduling, the critical transportation and the closeness rating are obtained. Facility layout is renewed by the combined procedure of genetic algorithm and tabu search in order to reduce the material handling cost. By using this renewed facility layout, the production scheduling and the transportation scheduling of AGV are also revised until no further improvement is possible. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=FujiharaYutaka kn-aut-sei=Fujihara kn-aut-mei=Yutaka aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Matsue National College of Technology, Department of Control Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=3 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1996 dt-pub=19961227 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Precipitation Hardening and Effect of Surface Layer on the Fatigue Strength of an Al-1.2mass% Si Alloy en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Dependence of precipitation hardening on the distance from specimen surface and effect of the surface layer on the fatigue strength of an Al-1.2mass% Si alloy were studied by microhardness test, transmission electron microscopy and repeated tension fatigue test. Rate of age-hardening was slower in the vicinity of surface than in the interior of the specimen aged at 423K after quenching from 853K. The result of the electron microscopy was that the size ot Si precipitates formed in the vicinity of surface was smaller than in the interior of specimen aged for 6ks at 423K. This difference was considered to be caused by the effect of the surface as vacancy sinks which slowed down the growh of Si precipitates in the vicinity of the specimen surface. A specimen surface layer whose hardness was different from that of the specimen interior was formed at the vicinity of the surface when the specimen was aged at relatively low temperature such as 423K. The fatigue strength in repeated tensile test ot the specimen did not depend on whether the specimen surface layer was present or not. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=SakakibaraAkira en-aut-sei=Sakakibara en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name=匴¸ kn-aut-sei=匴 kn-aut-mei=¸ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=NakagawaKeiyu en-aut-sei=Nakagawa en-aut-mei=Keiyu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=HosokawaNorio en-aut-sei=Hosokawa en-aut-mei=Norio kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanadaniTeruto en-aut-sei=Kanadani en-aut-mei=Teruto kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Okayama University of Science affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Okayama University of Science affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Okayama University of Science END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=5 end-page=10 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1996 dt-pub=19961227 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Solution-Grown Crystals of Poly(p-phenylene benzobisthiazole) en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Rigid polymer poly(p-phenylene benzobisthiazole) was crystallized from dilute solution. Electron microscopy showed that upon quenching, flat fibrils with several nm thick were produced. Subsequent heat treatment in solvent changed the fibril into "shish-kebab". On the other hand, by isothermal crystallization, an aggregate of parallel rod-like crystals was obtained. The molecular chains were accommodated normal to the rod. Based on the observation of crystal morphology, the isothermal crystallization mechanism was proposed. Because of regidity of polymer chains and wide distribution of the molecular length, the chain ends were inevitably included within the crystals resulting in crystal defects such as axial shift, lattice curvature and edge dislocation which were directly observed by lattice imaging. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=ShimamuraKaoru en-aut-sei=Shimamura en-aut-mei=Kaoru kn-aut-name=“‡‘ºŒO kn-aut-sei=“‡‘º kn-aut-mei=ŒO aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=ZhangChunxiao kn-aut-sei=Zhang kn-aut-mei=Chunxiao aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=UchidaTetsuya en-aut-sei=Uchida en-aut-mei=Tetsuya kn-aut-name=“à“c“N–ç kn-aut-sei=“à“c kn-aut-mei=“N–ç aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=11 end-page=17 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1996 dt-pub=19961227 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Synthesis and Characterization of Poly[(benzo[1,2-d:5,4-d']bisthiazole-2,6-diyl)-1,4-phenylene] en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Poly[(benzo[1,2-d:5,4-d']bissthiazole-2,6-diyl)-1,4-phenylene](cis-PBZT)with a relatively high molecular weight was prepared by a new synthesis route. Properties of the synthesized polymer, such as thermostability, liquid crystallinity etc. were investigated and compared with those of trans-PBZT. cis-PBZT was crystallized from dilute solution and the electron microscopy showed that the precipitate was a rod-like crystal similar to that of trans form. In spite of rigid nature of the back bone, cis-PBZT showed poor crystallinity. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=ZhangChunxiao kn-aut-sei=Zhang kn-aut-mei=Chunxiao aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=TanigawaSatoshi kn-aut-sei=Tanigawa kn-aut-mei=Satoshi aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=UchidaTetsuya en-aut-sei=Uchida en-aut-mei=Tetsuya kn-aut-name=“à“c“N–ç kn-aut-sei=“à“c kn-aut-mei=“N–ç aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=ShimamuraKaoru en-aut-sei=Shimamura en-aut-mei=Kaoru kn-aut-name=“‡‘ºŒO kn-aut-sei=“‡‘º kn-aut-mei=ŒO aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=32 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=6 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19980420 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Study on Electrical Discharge Machining Characteristics of Coated Electrodes en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Low electrode wear EDM is attained by the adhesion of heat resolved carbon made from kerosine type machining fluid to the electrode end surface. This phenomenon, however, occurs only under long pulse duration. Therefore, the low electrode wear EDM under finishing condition is impossible so far. In the previous paper, the authors developed a turbostratic carbon electrode whose structure is very similar to the heat resolved carbon generated in EDM process and made it clear that the low electrode wear EDM was possible by using the electrode even under finishing condition. In this study, a carbon coated electrode and a SiC coated one which can be made rapidly at low cost were developed and their EDM characteristics were investigated. Experimental analysis pointed it out that both electrodes were effective in reducing electrode wear under finishing condition. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=GuoChangning en-aut-sei=Guo en-aut-mei=Changning kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=UnoYoshiyuki en-aut-sei=Uno en-aut-mei=Yoshiyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=OkadaAkira en-aut-sei=Okada en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TakagiTakashi en-aut-sei=Takagi en-aut-mei=Takashi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department ot Mechanical Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department ot Mechanical Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Ibiden Co., Ltd. END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=32 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=7 end-page=14 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19980420 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Comparative Considerations of Eliminating Method for Power Line Interference in Electrocardiography en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper describes a new measurment method and principle of power line interference elimination in ECG signal using inverse loop and AC power line configuration (APC). First, we considered that magnetic induction effect not only depend on a conductive loop area that formed by shielded wires that connect the object and amplifier but also effect of body area effective must be considered. It is simple and useful because interference can be eliminated to very small value show that the condition and it can be applied in a real ECG signal recording. Second, results show that the contribution of displacement currents into the object especially APC in vertical configuration is smaller than it in other one. Because this method is so easy that it is convenient to be used to understand some aspects of power line interference elimination phenomenon. Hence we expect that this method can be used as one of improvement method in measurement system of ECG signal recording. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=Adli kn-aut-sei=Adli kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=YamamotoYoshitake en-aut-sei=Yamamoto en-aut-mei=Yoshitake kn-aut-name=ŽR–{®• kn-aut-sei=ŽR–{ kn-aut-mei=®• aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department ot Mechanical Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=32 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=15 end-page=22 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19980420 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Internal Structure and Viscoelasticity Estimation by a Mechanical Impedance - In case of a vibrating disk - en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In a stiffness estimation of living body, an internal structure under the skin influences the measured results. Because a different stiffness of body caused by bones and muscles is obtained. In this paper, by using a measurement system of mechanical impedance, the relations between a viscoelasticity and a distance from the surface of silicone-gel model is calculated. This relation is applied to silicone-gel tumor model and a shape and a viscoelasticity of semi-sphere silicone-gel tumous are estimated. The obtained results are expressed as a reconstructed 3-D image of shape / viscoelasticity. The revised curve-fitting of mechanical impedance and the cancellation of peripheral vibration influence are proposed in order to increase an estimation acccuracy. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=MoriMasahiro en-aut-sei=Mori en-aut-mei=Masahiro kn-aut-name=X­O kn-aut-sei=X kn-aut-mei=­O aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OkaHisao en-aut-sei=Oka en-aut-mei=Hisao kn-aut-name=‰ª‹v—Y kn-aut-sei=‰ª kn-aut-mei=‹v—Y aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=32 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=23 end-page=41 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19980420 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Structure of Yukawa (Dusty Plasma) Mixtures en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Parameters characterizing the structure ot confined Yukawa system are estimated for 'dusty plasmas', clouds of charged macroscopic particles formed near the boundary between plasma and the sheath and leviated by negatively biased electrode. When we have dust particles with different ratios of charge to mass, they form a two-dimensional Yukawa mixture or separate two-dimensional one-companent Yukawa systems, depending on the charge density in the sheath and number density of dust particles. In order to provide a basis for numerical simulations on Yukawa mixtures including Coulombic case, we summarize mathematical expressions necessary for molecular dynamics. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KishimotoTokunari en-aut-sei=Kishimoto en-aut-mei=Tokunari kn-aut-name=ŠÝ–{“Ä–ç kn-aut-sei=ŠÝ–{ kn-aut-mei=“Ä–ç aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=32 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=43 end-page=54 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1998 dt-pub=19980420 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Numerical Analysis of a Model for Isolated Hydrogen Bond en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Large isotope effects have been observed in various kinds of hydrogen bonded ferro / antiferroelectrics. In clariflying their origin, themodynamic properties of the hydrogen bond are of essential importance. Two numerical methods are applied to analyze the model for isolated hydrogen bond at finite temperatures and the results of excited energy levels of proton or deuteron are examined. It is found that the second excited state is not far enough from the first excited state to be neglected discussing themodynamic properties of hydrogen especially in their ordered states. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=MatsubaraTakeo kn-aut-sei=Matsubara kn-aut-mei=Takeo aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Institute for Condensed Matter Theory END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=8 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Simulation of Deformation of Ni Twinned Nanocrystal Model by Molecular Dynamics en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Molecular dynamics simulation of nickel crystal under uniaxial tensile and compressive deformation was performed for single nenocrystal model and twinned nanocrystal model composed of 1550 atoms using EAM (embedded atom method) potential with the object of investigating deformation induced phase tranformation (especially twin deformation). In the case of single nanocrystal model, the evolution and development of twin deformation, (111)[11(2)], is observed under compressive loading in [001] direction, whereas either slip or twin deformation is not recognized under tensile loading. In the case of twinned nanocrystal model, twin, (111)[11(2)], decreases and disappears under tensile loading, and develops under compressive loading, It is suggested from the difference of results between single nanocrystal model and twinned nanocrystal model that it is easy for twin to induce local deformation. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=OmuraYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Omura en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=HidaMoritaka en-aut-sei=Hida en-aut-mei=Moritaka kn-aut-name=”ò“cŽçF kn-aut-sei=”ò“c kn-aut-mei=ŽçF aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=SakakibaraAkira en-aut-sei=Sakakibara en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name=匴¸ kn-aut-sei=匴 kn-aut-mei=¸ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TakemotoYoshito en-aut-sei=Takemoto en-aut-mei=Yoshito kn-aut-name=’|Œ³‰Ã—˜ kn-aut-sei=’|Œ³ kn-aut-mei=‰Ã—˜ aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=39 end-page=44 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Acousticmyogram Measured with Electrosimulation During Muscle Fatigue en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The acousicmyogram (AMG) is a mechanical phenomenon recorded at the surface of an active muscle. It is used to monitor force production, fatigue, and contractile properties of muscle. In this study, the new electrode with accelerometer for electrostimulation and acoustic detection. It consists of Ag-AgCl active electrode and solid-gel annular groud, and a very light piezoresistive accelerometer. The recorded AMG waveform depends on the pulse amplitude and duration of stimulation current and its lag from the electroatimulation is about 7 ms. The strengh-duration (S-D) curve (the threshold current for stimulation vs. pulse duration) describes the excitability of muscle. The left forearm is electrostimulated by using the same electrode and the muscle vibration (AMG) is recorded with accelerometer. During the muscle fatigue, the S-D curve changes and the current threshold increases under the same pulse duration. The rheobase of S-D curve increases gradually but the chronaxie hardly changes during muscle fatigue. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=YanagiMakoto kn-aut-sei=Yanagi kn-aut-mei=Makoto aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OkaHisao en-aut-sei=Oka en-aut-mei=Hisao kn-aut-name=‰ª‹v—Y kn-aut-sei=‰ª kn-aut-mei=‹v—Y aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=45 end-page=50 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Measurement System of Biomechanical Properties for Portable Use en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=It is difficult to evaluate a biomechanical properties quantitatively. The authors developed the measurement system of biomechanical properties formerly but it is on a large scale because of the use of personal computer. In this study, the portable measurement system of biomechanical impedance/mobility is developed. To establish a rapid measurement, a random vibration is adopted in input signal. The system consists of the measuring probe, amplifier, and a note-typed personal computer. The measurement probe is developed newly, and has an overall length of 9 ‡p (without a handle) and a total weight of about 500 g. The measurement program is also developed and is available to any computer which is worked under MS DOS compatible in Windows 95/98 operating system. The biomechanical spectra of thigh, temple and forehead are obtained and they show three typical spectrum patterns. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=YamadaNobuya kn-aut-sei=Yamada kn-aut-mei=Nobuya aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OkaHisao en-aut-sei=Oka en-aut-mei=Hisao kn-aut-name=‰ª‹v—Y kn-aut-sei=‰ª kn-aut-mei=‹v—Y aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=51 end-page=59 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Density Functional Molecular Dynamics of Hydrogen Plasma en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Density functional molecular dynamics method is applied to hydrogen plasma in the domain of liquid metallic hydrogen. Tentative results for the proton-proton pair distribution function and the electron-proton pair distribution function are obtained. It is shown that with the increase of the parameter ƒÁ(s), we have increasingly strong screening of proton charge by electrons and the decrease of electron density in the domain between protons. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=61 end-page=69 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Multicomponent Plasmas in Penning-Malmberg Traps en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The behavior of multicomponent plasmas in the Penning-Malmberg traps is discussed with the parameters corresponding to experiments with antiprotons and cryogenic electrons. The relaxation times for the energy transfer antiprotons to electrons and between parallel and perpendicular components of electrons are estimated. It is shown that, depending on the values of parameters, both the former and the latter can be the bottleneck in the cooling process. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=71 end-page=77 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=O(N) Tight-Binding Algorithm for Large-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulations en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A parallel tight-binding molecular dynamics with an order-N [O(N))] algorithm is implemented to perform large-scale simulation of nanostructured materials. The algorithm is based on the Fermi-operator expansion of an electronic energy and force, and we present its basic formalisms. Accuracy necessary for molecular-dynamics simulations can be obtained by a proper truncation in the expansion. Parallel efficiency on a parallel PC cluster shows nearly ideal scaling behavior with respect to the number of processors. Applicability of the method to a silicon-carbide system is examined. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=79 end-page=84 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Apatite Formation on Electrochemically Treated Titanium en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A titanium oxide gel was electrochemically prepared on Ti with a cell consisting of Ti as the working electrode, Pt as the counter one, AgCl as the reference one, and an aqueous solution of 0.1 mol/L Ca(NO(3))(2) as the electrolyte solution. The Ti electrode was kept at 9.5V for 1 hr for oxidation and subsequently kept at-3.0V for 10 min (Ca9.5-3.0):calcium ions were expected to be adsorbed at the latter treatment. Other Ti specimen was kept at -3.0V for 10 min (Ca-3.0). Both specimens were found so bioactive as to deposit apatite in 12 hr (Ca9.5-3.0) and in 1 day (Ca-3.0) when soaked in a simulated body fluid (Kokubo solution). Calcium carbonate detected on the surface of Ca9.5-3.0 caused no harmful effects on spontaneous deposition of apatite in the fluid. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=OsakaAkiyoshi en-aut-sei=Osaka en-aut-mei=Akiyoshi kn-aut-name=”öâ–¾‹` kn-aut-sei=”öâ kn-aut-mei=–¾‹` aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=HayakawaSatoshi en-aut-sei=Hayakawa en-aut-mei=Satoshi kn-aut-name=‘ì‘ kn-aut-sei=‘ì kn-aut-mei=‘ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=KoyanoKeiko kn-aut-sei=Koyano kn-aut-mei=Keiko aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsuruKanji en-aut-sei=Tsuru en-aut-mei=Kanji kn-aut-name=“s—¯Š°Ž¡ kn-aut-sei=“s—¯ kn-aut-mei=Š°Ž¡ aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=85 end-page=89 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Method of Shape Recognition Using CAD Data and Vertex-Dictionary en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We reason the circumstances around the three-dimensional vertex from the information about the intersection point in the two-dimensional image data inputted from a camera on the premise that we use this method as the eye ot the robot. In this method, we use the Vertex-Dictionary. We make the Vertex-Dictionary by calculation from CAD data of object figure (these data are already known) and the position data of the point of view. This dictionary includes the data of position and relations of connect surface etc. about a vertex. We get the data of three-dimensional vertex by comparison the data of two-dimensional intersection point in image data and Vertex-Dictionary. And we get the three-dimensional object by reasoning about the information of circumstances of all vertexes. Then we can recognize the three-dimensional object from image data. In this report, we explain the process to calculate the Vertex-Dictionary and some examples about this method. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YamadaMitsuru en-aut-sei=Yamada en-aut-mei=Mitsuru kn-aut-name=ŽR“c[ kn-aut-sei=ŽR“c kn-aut-mei=[ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=91 end-page=96 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Intelligent Monitoring System Using Multiviewpoints for Teleperation en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, we propose the method to determine the position of the 2 cameras for the multiviewpoints as the robot is the work place. The optical axit's direction of the 1st camera is determined in the base ot work contents in teleoperation. The multiviewpoints system uses the 2 camera units that aren't installed side by side, so that the direction of the 2nd camera is decided in the base of the angle between the optical axes' direction of 2 cameras. Next, the distance from the camera to the work place is determined according to the distance resolution of image on the monitor, and the camera type of which the point-blank range is not this distance is selected. And the efficacy ot this system is examined with an experiment. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=MunesawaYoshiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yoshiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=105 end-page=110 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=An Analytical Method of Human Motion by Image Processing en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper deals with analytical method of human motion by image processing to make a model of the scooping process, Firstly, the scooping tool is the spoon, and while the scooping process is performing, the movement of the mouth center position and the spoon top position are measured by two cameras. As the amount of substance is over the uppermost area of the cup, the spoon is stuck obliquely into substance. Then the spoon is rotated and lifted up to the mouth. Secondly, we recognize the mouth center from the characteristic of the face image data and calculate the spoon top position to extract two points on the spoon handle from the time series images by two cameras. Finally, we describe the method of recognizing the coordinate of the mouth center and estimating the coordinate of the spoon top to analyse the scooping process. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=TokunagaShuichi kn-aut-sei=Tokunaga kn-aut-mei=Shuichi aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Takuma National College of Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of system engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=111 end-page=119 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Study of Facility Layout Method in Recycling Plant using AGV en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Our country faces a serious problem of the environmental pollution by the production and the large quantity consumption of the industry product. The thoroughness of resources recycling has become necessary to solve these problems. As for the product design and the production control, how productivity should be improved has been discussed with extreme emphasis. But from now, as for the product design, both assemblability and disassemblability must be taken into consideration at the same time. And also in production management, it must be investigated how the products can be recycled in the low cost. Therfore, the facility layout method with two phases in recycling plant, which is composed of both the procedure for the layout of facility group and the procedure for the layout of intermal facility group by the optimal solution method and the suboptimal solution method by neural network is proposed in this paper. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=FujiharaYutaka kn-aut-sei=Fujihara kn-aut-mei=Yutaka aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MunesawaYoshiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yoshiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Matsue National College of Technology, Department of Control Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=44 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=1 end-page=6 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2010 dt-pub=201001 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=FDTD Analysis on Optical Connement Structurewith Electromagnetic Metamaterial en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, we investigate a light-confinement phenomenon in the structure which has triangular latice composed of Double NeGative Metamaterial (DNGM). In geometrical optics consideration, this structure is expected to confine lights completely by sequential refractions in the structure. We demonstrate it by using the two dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulations. We introduce Drude-Lorentz model for dielectric and magnetic dispersion of the material at optical frequencies. We analyze quantitatively the effects of energy loss in the DNGM on the light-confinement efficiency. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=NagaiShinji kn-aut-sei=Nagai kn-aut-mei=Shinji aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=UmedaRyosuke kn-aut-sei=Umeda kn-aut-mei=Ryosuke aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=44 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=7 end-page=12 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2010 dt-pub=201001 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Numerical Simulation of Acoustic Waves in a Two-Dimensional Phononic Crystal: Negative Refraction en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The lens effect of acoustic waves in a two-dimensional (2D) phononic crystal is studied by numerical simulation based on the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. We calculate the phonon band structure of 2D phononic crystals, consisting of metal cylinders placed periodically in water. Lens effect is observed by the negative refraction of acoustic waves, which results in refocusing of the waves at the point outside the crystal. To increase the focal intensity, we introduce a 2D phononic crystal shield with a different composition of material, which returns the incident waves back to the lens via the perfect reflection. Also, the dependence on filling fraction of metal in the crystal is studied. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=MaetaniNoriaki kn-aut-sei=Maetani kn-aut-mei=Noriaki aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=KuroseTomoyuki kn-aut-sei=Kurose kn-aut-mei=Tomoyuki aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=44 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=13 end-page=23 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2010 dt-pub=201001 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Unified Computation of Strict Maximum Likelihood for Geometric Fitting en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A new numerical scheme is presented for computing strict maximum likelihood (ML) of geometric fitting problems having an implicit constraint. Our approach is orthogonal projection of observations onto a parameterized surface defined by the constraint. Assuming a linearly separable nonlinear constraint, we show that a theoretically global solution can be obtained by iterative Sampson error minimization. Our approach is illustrated by ellipse fitting and fundamental matrix computation. Our method also encompasses optimal correction, computing, e.g., perpendiculars to an ellipse and triangulating stereo images. A detailed discussion is given to technical and practical issues about our approach. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=SugayaYasuyuki kn-aut-sei=Sugaya kn-aut-mei=Yasuyuki aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information and Computer Sciences Toyohashi University of Technology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=44 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=24 end-page=31 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2010 dt-pub=201001 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Improved Multistage Learning for Multibody Motion Segmentation en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We present an improved version of the MSL method of Sugaya and Kanatani for multibody motion segmentation. We replace their initial segmentation based on heuristic clustering by an analytical computation based on GPCA, fitting two 2-D affine spaces in 3-D by the Taubin method. This initial segmentation alone can segment most of the motions in natural scenes fairly correctly, and the result is successively optimized by the EM algorithm in 3-D, 5-D, and 7-D. Using simulated and real videos, we demonstrate that our method outperforms the previous MSL and other existing methods. We also illustrate its mechanism by our visualization technique. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=SugayaYasuyuki kn-aut-sei=Sugaya kn-aut-mei=Yasuyuki aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information and Computer Sciences Toyohashi University of Technology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=44 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=32 end-page=41 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2010 dt-pub=201001 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Optimization without Search: Constraint Satisfaction by Orthogonal Projection with Applications to Multiview Triangulation en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We present an alternative approach to what we call the gstandard optimizationh, which minimizes a cost function by searching a parameter space. Instead, the input is gorthogonally projectedh in the joint input space onto the manifold defined by the gconsistency constrainth, which demands that any minimal subset of observations produce the same result. This approach avoids many difficulties encountered in the standard optimization. As typical examples, we apply it to line fitting and multiview triangulation. The latter produces a new algorithm far more efficient than existing methods. We also discuss optimality of our approach. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=NiitsumaHirotaka kn-aut-sei=Niitsuma kn-aut-mei=Hirotaka aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=SugayaYasuyuki kn-aut-sei=Sugaya kn-aut-mei=Yasuyuki aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information and Computer Sciences Toyohashi University of Technology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=44 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=42 end-page=49 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2010 dt-pub=201001 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Hyperaccurate Ellipse Fitting without Iterations en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper presents a new method for fitting an ellipse to a point sequence extracted from images. It is widely known that the best fit is obtained by maximum likelihood. However, it requires iterations, which may not converge in the presence of large noise. Our approach is algebraic distance minimization; no iterations are required. Exploiting the fact that the solution depends on the way the scale is normalized, we analyze the accuracy to high order error terms with the scale normalization weight unspecified and determine it so that the bias is zero up to the second order. We demonstrate by experiments that our method is superior to the Taubin method, also algebraic and known to be highly accurate. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=RangrajanPrasanna kn-aut-sei=Rangrajan kn-aut-mei=Prasanna aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical Engineering Southern Methodist University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=44 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=50 end-page=59 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2010 dt-pub=201001 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=High Accuracy Homography Computation without Iterations en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We present highly accurate least-squares (LS) alternatives to the theoretically optimal maximum likelihood (ML) estimator for homographies between two images. Unlike ML, our estimators are non-iterative and yield solutions even in the presence of large noise. By rigorous error analysis, we derive a ghyperaccurateh estimator which is unbiased up to second order noise terms. Then, we introduce a computational simplification, which we call gTaubin approximationh, without incurring a loss in accuracy. We experimentally demonstrate that our estimators have accuracy surpassing the traditional LS estimator and comparable to the ML estimator. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=NiitsumaHirotaka kn-aut-sei=Niitsuma kn-aut-mei=Hirotaka aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=RangrajanPrasanna kn-aut-sei=Rangrajan kn-aut-mei=Prasanna aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical Engineering Southern Methodist University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=44 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=60 end-page=68 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2010 dt-pub=201001 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Ordinary Pairing Friendly Curve of Embedding Degree 3 Whose Order Has Two Large Prime Factors en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper proposes a method for generating a certain composite order ordinary pairing?friendly elliptic curve of embedding degree 3. In detail, the order has two large prime factors such as the modulus of RSA cryptography. The method is based on the property that the order of the target pairing?friendly curve is given by a polynomial as r(X) of degree 2 with respect to the integer variable X. When the bit size of the prime factors is about 500 bits, the proposed method averagely takes about 15 minutes on Core 2 Quad (2.66Hz) for generating one. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MorikawaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Morikawa en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=44 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=69 end-page=72 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2010 dt-pub=201001 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Ecient Squaring Algorithm for Xate Pairing with Freeman Curve en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Recently, pairing?based cryptographies have attracted much attention. For fast pairing calculation, not only pairing algorithms but also arithmetic operations in extension field should be efficient. Especially for final exponentiation included in pairing calculation, squaring is more important than multiplication. This paper proposes an efficient squaring algorithm in extension field for Freeman curve. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NekadoKenta en-aut-sei=Nekado en-aut-mei=Kenta kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KatoHidehiro en-aut-sei=Kato en-aut-mei=Hidehiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MorikawaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Morikawa en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=44 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=73 end-page=83 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2010 dt-pub=201001 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Effects of the Cultivation Method on the Characteristics or Gene Expression Profiles of Aspergillus oryzae Using mCD or DPY Media en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We used modified Czapek-Dox (mCD) or dextrin-peptone-yeast extract (DPY) media to cultivate a filamentous fungus, Aspergillus oryzae IAM 2706 by three different cultivation methods, i.e., shaking-flask culture (SFC), agar-plate culture (APC), and membrane-surface liquid culture (MSLC), to identify the differences in cultivation behaviors and gene transcriptional profiles. The fungi cultivated by APC or MSLC secreted a greater number of different proteins/enzymes in larger quantities compared with fungi cultivated by SFC, particularly when DPY medium was used. In particular, the amounts of protease secreted by fungi cultivated via MSLC or APC were much greater compared with SFC. When mCD medium was used, ƒ¿-amylase activity was barely detectable in all cultures while the activity was detected in MSLC and APC in a quantity that was several times higher than that in SFC using DPY medium. SDS-PAGE analysis and N-terminal amino acid sequences confirmed 6 proteins in the culture supernatants when DPY medium was used. Among these proteins oryzin (an alkaline protease) and ƒ¿-amylase were detected at much higher levels in APC and MSLC compared with SFC, which was consistent with the measured activity of the secreted enzymes. However, when mCD medium was used, only oryzin was detected in significant amounts in MSLC and APC. Microarray analyses of the fungi cultivated by SFC, APC or MSLC using either mCD or DPY media indicated that the gene transcriptional profile of the MSLC sample was similar to that of the APC sample but different from that of the SFC sample. When mCD medium was used, most of the genes that were up-regulated 10-folds or greater in the MSLC sample relative to the SFC sample were unknown or predicted proteins. Transcription of the oryzin gene was only slightly up-regulated in the MSLC sample while transcription of the ƒ¿-amylase gene was slightly down-regulated. On the other hand, when DPY medium was used, many known genes including the oryzin gene were up-regulated in the MSLC sample versus the SFC sample. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=ImanakaHiroyuki en-aut-sei=Imanaka en-aut-mei=Hiroyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TanakaSoukichi en-aut-sei=Tanaka en-aut-mei=Soukichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=FengBin en-aut-sei=Feng en-aut-mei=Bin kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImamuraKoreyoshi en-aut-sei=Imamura en-aut-mei=Koreyoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=NakanishiKazuhiro en-aut-sei=Nakanishi en-aut-mei=Kazuhiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=29 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=7 end-page=14 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1994 dt-pub=19941130 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Electronic States in Semiconductor Quantum Dot with Fluctuating Interfaces en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Effects of interface fluctuations on the electronic states in semiconductor quantum dots are analyzed on the basis of numerical solutions for ground state wave functions and energy eigenvalues. It is shown that the effective volume of confinement becomes smaller than the real volume of quantum dots due to fluctuation. This effect comes from the fact that the wave functions with larger characteristic wavelength are not able to deform themselves following the fluctuation of interfaces exactly. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=HiroyukiTachibana kn-aut-sei=Hiroyuki kn-aut-mei=Tachibana aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=NaraShigetoshi en-aut-sei=Nara en-aut-mei=Shigetoshi kn-aut-name=“Þ—Çdr kn-aut-sei=“Þ—Ç kn-aut-mei=dr aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=29 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=15 end-page=22 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1994 dt-pub=19941130 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Note on the Electronic Structure of C(60) Molecule en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A molecular orbital approach to the electronic structure of C(60) molecule is formulated on the basis of optimized bond orbital model and the stability of the truncated icosahedron structure is examined. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MatsubaraTakeo en-aut-sei=Matsubara en-aut-mei=Takeo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ObuchiMasumi en-aut-sei=Obuchi en-aut-mei=Masumi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Okayama University of Science affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Okayama University of Science END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=38 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page= end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2004 dt-pub=200403 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=cover / title page en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University kn-aut-sei=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=38 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=4 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2004 dt-pub=200403 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Serration and Reversion Treatment in Al-10mass%Zn Alloy en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The relationship between occurrence of serration and reversion heat treatment was studied by tensile test on Al-10mass%Zn alloy. Serration was observed for the furnace cooled specimen, but not for the as-quenched one and the shortly aged one, which result is difficult to be interpreted by the Cottrell theory. The stress amplitude in the serration increased with increasing the time of annealing for reversion up to 10ks and then stayed at a constant value which might be interpreted by the Cottrell theory. The stress amplitude in the serration decreased with increasing the annealing temperature, which is contrary to the prediction by the Cottrell theory. The specimen directly annealed without aging and the one annealed after aging agreed well with each other in the tensile strength and the stress amplitude in the serration, which suggests solute clusters as the cause of serration. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=SakakibaraAkira en-aut-sei=Sakakibara en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanadaniTeruto en-aut-sei=Kanadani en-aut-mei=Teruto kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty of Engineering Okayama University of Science END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=38 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=5 end-page=14 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2004 dt-pub=200403 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Control Method for Temperature Distribution in Reactor Furnace by Sequential Quadratic Programming Method en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Temperature distribution in the reactor furnace is mainly operated by gas blowing from multiple tuyeres and material charge distribution. The objective of our research is obtain the optimal profile of gas flow to control temperature distribution in the reactor furnace in the shortest possible time. We formulated the optimization problem to reduce deviation of temperature distribution from its desired one in the reactor furnace. Based on the formulation, gas blow conditions are optimized by a sequential quadratic programming method to realize the desired temperature distribution. The validity of the method was checked through numerical experiments. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=IshimaruKazuhito en-aut-sei=Ishimaru en-aut-mei=Kazuhito kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NishiTatsushi en-aut-sei=Nishi en-aut-mei=Tatsushi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=38 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=15 end-page=27 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2004 dt-pub=200403 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Feature Extraction and Classification of Operational Data for Diagnosis of Hot Strip Mill Looper Control en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In these days, mechanical systems are becoming more complex and highly automated. So, there exist wide variety of demands for reliable diagnostic technology. A reliable data analysis and quantitative diagnosis method of mechanical system is necessary for the purpose. In this paper a quantitative diagnosis method for looper height control system has been developed based on neural network technologies. The wavelet transformation is used for pre-processing to analyze characteristics of looper height control system. And, self organizing map neural network is used for the purpose of classification based on the pre-processed data. After that, the classified results are used for quantitative diagnosis in hierarchical neural network. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TorigoeTakashi en-aut-sei=Torigoe en-aut-mei=Takashi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NishiTatsushi en-aut-sei=Nishi en-aut-mei=Tatsushi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=38 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=29 end-page=32 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2004 dt-pub=200403 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Structure of Dusty Plasma under Microgravity en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The structure of dust particles in dusty plasmas under microgravity has been analyzed by molecular dynamics simulation. The charge neutrality condition satisfied by the system composed of dust particles and ambient plasma is properly taken into account. It is shown that dust particles form shell structures at low temperatures and the number of shells are obtained as a phase diagram in the plane of two parameters characterizing the system: the number of particles and the strength of screening. It is also shown that these structures are almost independent of the strength of screening. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=OgawaTakafumi en-aut-sei=Ogawa en-aut-mei=Takafumi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=38 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=33 end-page=37 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2004 dt-pub=200403 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Dynamical Properties of Two-Dimensional Yukawa Liquids: A Molecular Dynamics Study en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The dynamic structure factor and the spectrum of the momentum-density fluctuations of 2D Yukawa liquids are analyzed in the domain of weak and intermediate coupling and screenlng parameters. The dispersion relations of the longitudinal and transverse collective excitations are obtained and compared with the random phase approximation (RPA) and harmonic approximation for triangular lattice. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=LimanM. Sanusi en-aut-sei=Liman en-aut-mei=M. Sanusi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Facu.lty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Facu.lty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Facu.lty of Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=38 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=39 end-page=59 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2004 dt-pub=200403 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Uncertainty Modeling and Geometric Inference en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We investigate the meaning of "statistical methods" for geometric inference based on image feature points. Tracing back the origin of feature uncertainty to image processing operations, we discuss the implications of asymptotic analysis in reference to "geometric fitting" and "geometric model selection", We point out that a correspondence exists between the standard statistical analysis and the geometric inference problem. We also compare the capability of the "geometric AIC" and the "geometric MDL' in detecting degeneracy. Next, we review recent progress in geometric fitting techniques for linear constraints, describing the "FNS method", the "HEIV method", the "renormalization method", and other related techniques. Finally, we discuss the "Neyman-Scott problem" and "semiparametric models" in relation to geometric inference. We conclude that applications of statistical methods requires careful considerations about the nature of the problem in question. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=38 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=61 end-page=71 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2004 dt-pub=200403 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Factorization without Factorization: Complete Recipe en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The Tomasi-Kanade factorization for reconstructing the 3-D shape of the feature points tracked through a video stream is widely regarded as based on factorization of a matrix by SVD (singular value decomposition). This paper points out that the core principle is the affine camera approximation to the imaging geometry and that SVD is merely one means of numerical computation. We first describe the geometric structure of the problem and then give a complete programming scheme for 3-D reconstruction. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=SugayaYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Sugaya en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=38 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=73 end-page=89 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2004 dt-pub=200403 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Combinatorial Boundary Tracking of a 3D Lattice Point Set en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Boundary tracking and surface generation are ones of main topological topics for three-dimensional digital image analysis. However, there is no adequate theory to make relations between these different topological properties in a completely discrete way. In this paper, we present a new boundary tracking algorithm which gives not only a set of border points but also the surface structures by using the concepts of combinatorial/algebraic topologies. We also show that our boundary becomes a triangulation of border points (in the sense of general topology), that is, we clarify relations between border points and their surface structures. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KenmochiYukiko en-aut-sei=Kenmochi en-aut-mei=Yukiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImiyaAtsushi en-aut-sei=Imiya en-aut-mei=Atsushi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=National Institute of Informatics Department of Informatics, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=38 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=91 end-page=96 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2004 dt-pub=200403 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Generation of IgM and IgG1 monoclonal antibodies with identical variable regions: comparison of avidity en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Generally, IgM antibodies (Abs) produced in a primary immune response show lower affinity for an inducing antigen (Ag) compared with the corresponding IgG Abs that are major switched isotypes formed in the secondary response. An IgM molecule is a pentamer with 10 Ag-binding sites that will contribute to an increase of avidity for an Ag. To estimate the contribution of the pentameric structure to the avidity of an IgM Ab, we generated IgM and IgG1 monoclonal Abs (mAbs) with identical V regions that are specific for 4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylacetyl (NP) by in vitro class switching of B cells followed by the cell fusion with a mouse myeloma cell line. Compared with an anti-NP IgG1 mAb, the corresponding IgM mAb showed much higher avidity for NP-conjugated bovine serum albumin, which was drastically reduced after being dissociated into monomers. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanayamaNaoki en-aut-sei=Kanayama en-aut-mei=Naoki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=YamakoshiKimi en-aut-sei=Yamakoshi en-aut-mei=Kimi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KiyomiMasaaki en-aut-sei=Kiyomi en-aut-mei=Masaaki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MagariMasaki en-aut-sei=Magari en-aut-mei=Masaki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=OhmoriHitoshi en-aut-sei=Ohmori en-aut-mei=Hitoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=38 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=97 end-page=100 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2004 dt-pub=200403 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=The cytotoxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. coreanensis A2316 strain against the human leukemic T cell en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. coreanensis A2316 is a newly isolated strain from Yonakunijima Island in Japan. It produces the proteinaceous inclusion body (crystal) which has no insecticidal and hemolytic activities. When the crystal proteins were digested by proteinase K, they exhibited the strong cytotoxicity against human leukemic T cell, MOLT-4. The proteinase K-digested A2316 crystal proteins have little damage upon the cell membrane of MOLT-4, suggesting that the cell death of MOLT-4 was induced through a mechanism other than the colloid-osmotic swelling and cell lysis as caused by hitherto known B. thuringiensis crystal proteins. The 29-kDa polypeptide proved to be an active component of the proteinase K-digested A2316 crystal proteins. EC(50) of the purified 29-kDa polypeptide was 0.0579 ƒÊg/ml. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the 29-kDa polypeptide was identical with that of p29 produced by B. thuringiensis A1519 strain and shared no significant homology with all the known proteins, suggesting that this polypeptide belong to a new family of B. thuringiensis crystal proteins. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YamagiwaMasashi en-aut-sei=Yamagiwa en-aut-mei=Masashi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=HiraoTaichi en-aut-sei=Hirao en-aut-mei=Taichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KiyomiMasaaki en-aut-sei=Kiyomi en-aut-mei=Masaaki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=AkaoTetsuyuki en-aut-sei=Akao en-aut-mei=Tetsuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=MizukiEiichi en-aut-sei=Mizuki en-aut-mei=Eiichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=OhbaMichio en-aut-sei=Ohba en-aut-mei=Michio kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=SakaiHiroshi en-aut-sei=Sakai en-aut-mei=Hiroshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Biotechnology and Food Research Institute Fukuoka Industrial Technology Center affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Biotechnology and Food Research Institute Fukuoka Industrial Technology Center affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Agriculture Kyushu University affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=38 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page= end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2004 dt-pub=200403 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=contents / back cover en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University kn-aut-sei=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page= end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200211 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=cover / title page en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-sei=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=10 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200211 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Agent Based Routing Control for Multi Mobile Robots in Transportation en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Auto Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are widely used in a semi-conductor fabricating factory and contribute to the stable production of a high quality semi-conductor products. In the near future, further expansion of the transportation system is expected accompanied with the rapid growth of semi-conductor industries. In such situation, the necessity of performing quick planning of transportation route and transportation control will be elevated. In this paper, practicable planning of the transportation route and transportation control are studied based on the decentralized agent method. Especially, the geometrical sizes of AGVs are considered in the determination of transportation routes and control strategy avoiding the occurrence of mutual collisions or deadlock of AGVs. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=SotobayashiKen en-aut-sei=Sotobayashi en-aut-mei=Ken kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=NishiTatsushi en-aut-sei=Nishi en-aut-mei=Tatsushi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=11 end-page=14 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200211 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Estimation of the screening length and the electric charge on particles in single-layered dusty plasma crystals en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A theoretical approach which has been successful in reproducing results of molecular-dynamics simulations on dusty plasmas is applied to estimate the screening length and the electric charge of two-dimensional dust crystals of melamine particles in the discharge chamber experiment. It has been found that the screening length is of the same order of magnitude as the inter-particle distance and the electric charge decreases on increasing number density of dust particles. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=LimantMuhammad S. en-aut-sei=Limant en-aut-mei=Muhammad S. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=15 end-page=23 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200211 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=For Geometric Inference from Images, What Kind of Statistical Model Is Necessary? en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In order to facilitate smooth communications with researchers in other fields including statistics, this paper investigates the meaning of "statistical methods" for geometric inference based on image feature points, We point out that statistical analysis does not make sense unless the underlying "statistical ensemble" is clearly defined. We trace back the origin of feature uncertainty to image processing operations for computer vision in general and discuss the implications of asymptotic analysis for performance evaluation in reference to "geometric fitting", "geometric model selection", the "geometric AIC", and the "geometric MDL". Referring to such statistical concepts as "nuisance parameters", the "Neyman-Scott problem", and "semiparametric models", we point out that simulation experiments for performance evaluation will lose meaning without carefully considering the assumptions involved and intended applications. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=25 end-page=32 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200211 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Robust Image Matching under a Large Disparity en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We present a new method for detecting point matches between two images without using any combinatorial search. Our strategy is to impose various local and non-local constraints as "soft" constraints by introducing their "confidence" measures via "mean-field approximations". The computation is a cascade of evaluating the confidence values and sorting according to them. In the end, we impose the "hard" epipolar constraint by RANSAC. We also introduce a model selection procedure to test if the image mapping can be regarded as a homography. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method by real image examples. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanazawaYasushi en-aut-sei=Kanazawa en-aut-mei=Yasushi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Knowledge-based Information Engineering Toyohashi University of Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=41 end-page=49 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200211 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Automatic Camera Model Selection for Multibody Motion Segmentation en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We study the problem of segmenting independently moving objects in a video sequence. Several algorithms exist for classifying the trajectories of the feature points into independent motions, but the performance depends on the validity of the underlying camera imaging model. In this paper, we present a scheme for automatically selecting the best model using the geometric AIC before the segmentation stage, Using real video sequences, we confirm that the segmentation accuracy indeed improves if the segmentation is based on the selected model. We also show that the trajectory data can be compressed into low-dimensional vectors using the selected model. This is very effective in reducing the computation time for a long video sequence. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=SugayaYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Sugaya en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=51 end-page=60 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200211 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Pulse Timing Control of Multiple Signal Interconnections for Reduction of EMI en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper presents pulse timing control method to reduce electromagnetic emission from multiple signal interconnections. Pulse timing control gives intentional skew between signals. Higher order harmonics are canceled because of the difference of the phase between the signals. Using this property, pulse timing control can reduce the EMI in wide frequency range. In this paper, we show that radiated electromagnetic field from multiple signal lines reduces its intensity to the same level of the field from one line by using pulse timing control. The result of measurement shows that EMI from four differential transmission lines can be reduced more than 9 dB in the 200 MHz to 800 MHz frequency range. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NambaAkihiro en-aut-sei=Namba en-aut-mei=Akihiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ToyotaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Toyota en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=WadaOsami en-aut-sei=Wada en-aut-mei=Osami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=KogaRyuji en-aut-sei=Koga en-aut-mei=Ryuji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Departement of Communication Network Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page= end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200211 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=contents / back cover en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-sei=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page= end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2003 dt-pub=200303 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=cover / title page en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-sei=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=4 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2003 dt-pub=200303 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Serration in A l-Zn Alloys Containing a Small Amount of Fe en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Effect of addition of Fe on the occurrence of serration in Al-12mass%Zn alloys was investigated. Specimens aged at 293K for various periods after quenching from various temperatures (T(Q)), 398K to 823K, were tensile-tested at room temperature. Serration occurred more easily and more remarkably with decreasing T(Q) for as-quenched specimens: in the case that T(Q)=448K serration was observed both for the binary and Fe added alloys, while in the case that T(Q)=573K none of the three alloys showed serration. For the binary alloy serration was observed only when the aging period was short enough, but addition of Fe to the binary alloy prolonged the aging period where serration could be recognized. Aging rate measured by hardness was remarkably retarded with the increase of Fe addition. These results confirm the interpretation that the serration in Al-Zn alloy occurs in the early stage of aging where small GP zones or solute clusters are formed. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=SakakibaraAkira en-aut-sei=Sakakibara en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanadaniTeruto en-aut-sei=Kanadani en-aut-mei=Teruto kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty of Engineering Okayama University of Science END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=5 end-page=12 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2003 dt-pub=200303 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Observation of Microscopic Deformation Behavior of Cork en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Cork is a material that has many characteristics, for instance, light weight, elasticity, insulation against heat, impermeability for liquid, and so forth. There are two types of cork, the natural and the agglomerated corks. In the present paper, compression tests of the natural and the agglomerated cork specimens were carried out. The compression test were done in various directions. Compressive stress was measured by a original compression apparatus, and stress-strain curves were obtained in various directions of the cork specimens. In the natural cork, there are differences between the radial and the non-radial direction. The recovery of dimensions after compression was also studied in respective directions. The structure of the deformed surface was observed by a scanning electron microscope. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=AbeTakeji en-aut-sei=Abe en-aut-mei=Takeji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=SatoTakashi en-aut-sei=Sato en-aut-mei=Takashi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=13 end-page=27 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2003 dt-pub=200303 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Sensitivity Analysis and its Application to the Control of Inner Furnace Temperature Distribution en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Nowadays, various kind of reactor furnaces are widely used for the production in industry. The raw materials charged into the furnace generate reaction heat produced by blowing gas. Generally speaking, the reaction heat generated in the furnace is remarkably high. Therefore the occurrence of an inappropriate temperature distribution in the furnace may make damege or serious accident of the furnace. This is the motivation of furnace control. The author is considering the application of studied results to the furnace control of Blast Furnace in steel industry. To the propose, the approximated and simplified Macro Model of the Blast Furnace is constructed which has the function of representation of qualitative characteristics of the furnace in dynamical sense. The furnace temperature, distribution greatly effects both on the producting and the product quality of the furnace. Needless to say, stable furnace operation is indispensable for the economical prosperity of the industry. In this paper, macro simulation of the furnace is developed to support the analysis and design of the furnace control. Using the simulator, the stability and the control characteristics for inner furnace temperature distribtion are analised quantitatively. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=ShibutaTaizo en-aut-sei=Shibuta en-aut-mei=Taizo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NishiTatsushi en-aut-sei=Nishi en-aut-mei=Tatsushi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=29 end-page=44 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2003 dt-pub=200303 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Gain Tuning Model of Human Expert for Looper Height Control in Hot Strip Rolling en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In hot strip rolling mills, the looper control system is automated. However, the looper's behavior tends to be unstable in threading. Therefore, human expert always intervenes and stabilizes the looper's behavior by tuning PID gains and interposing manipulation variable of looper control system. In this paper, we propose a method based on the recurrent neural network to express PID gains tuning action by human. Furthermore, we propose two methods to update the model by learning. To check the effectiveness of the proposed learning methods, numerical simulation applied to the looper height control is carried out. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=ImajoShuya en-aut-sei=Imajo en-aut-mei=Shuya kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NishiTatsushi en-aut-sei=Nishi en-aut-mei=Tatsushi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=45 end-page=60 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2003 dt-pub=200303 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Estimation of Ground Resisitivity Distribution Using 3D DRM Charge Simulation Modelling en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Resistivity distribution sounding of the non-homogeneous earth is important for electrical ground system design, geophysical prospecting and survey or monitoring the groundwater flow level. The previous paper presented that the direct inversion of the electric resistivity distribution in a domain is possible from the impedance data measured over the domain boundary using the dual reciprocity boundary element modelling in two-dimentional field [1]. The proposed inversion technique is extended to the distribution in three-dimensional space [2]. This technique is capable of inversion without iteration and meshing of the domain. Electric field with spatially varying conductivity is governed by Laplace equation, which is transformed into a Poisson-type expression with an inhomogeneous term involving the conductivity difference as a source term. Dual reciprocity method (DRM) is a technique for transforming the domain integral associated with the inhomogeneous term in Poisson equation into the boundary integral expression. The resistivity distribution in the field can thus be identified from the data observed over its boundary, for which some examples are demonstrated [2]. In this paper, the examination is extended to the case where only the data measured over the single surface is used for the inversion. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=XuWei en-aut-sei=Xu en-aut-mei=Wei kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ZhaoY. en-aut-sei=Zhao en-aut-mei=Y. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=HorikaneT. en-aut-sei=Horikane en-aut-mei=T. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=HayataT. en-aut-sei=Hayata en-aut-mei=T. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=TosujiH. en-aut-sei=Tosuji en-aut-mei=H. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=KagawaY. en-aut-sei=Kagawa en-aut-mei=Y. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electronics and Information Systems, Akita Prefectural Univ. END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=61 end-page=66 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2003 dt-pub=200303 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Motivation towards learning a second language (A Case Study-Part2. Denmark) en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this case study, I will analyse and discuss the results of a survey concerning motivation towards learning a second language conducted in one Danish high school. The students surveyed were between the ages of 13-18. This section, part two of the study, was conducted in Copenhagen, Denmark. This region of the world was chosen because bilingualism is quite common there and a large portion of the school-aged community is learning a second language and often a third and even a fourth. Denmark, a European country, is different than Canada (Case Study-Part 1.) because it neighbours many countries, which use different mother tongues. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=VaillancourtChico en-aut-sei=Vaillancourt en-aut-mei=Chico kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University, Faculty of Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=67 end-page=72 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2003 dt-pub=200303 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=The role of helices of domain I for the insecticidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4A toxin en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=An active form of Cry4A is a heterodimer of the 20- and 45-kDa fragments that are derived from the 130-kDa Cry4A protoxin. To investigate the function of these two fragments, several deletion mutants were constructed and expressed in E.coli as the GST (glutathione-S-transferase) fusion proteins. The results of the bioassay against Culex pipiens larvae showed that the interaction of two fragments of Cry4A was necessary for the toxicity, and that the C-terminal 67 amino acids of the 20-kDa fragment corresponding to the helices ƒ¿4 and ƒ¿5 were involved in determining the insecticidal activity. Surprisingly the lack of helix ƒ¿5 did not affect the toxicity to C. pipiens, suggesting that the role of helix ƒ¿5 of Cry4A was different from that postulated in the case of Cry4A toxins. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YamagiwaMasashi en-aut-sei=Yamagiwa en-aut-mei=Masashi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=SakaiHiroshi en-aut-sei=Sakai en-aut-mei=Hiroshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=73 end-page=87 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2003 dt-pub=200303 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Fast Implementation of Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem with Prime Order Defined over F(p8) en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Public key cryptosystem has many uses, such as to sign digitally, to realize electronic commerce. Especially, RSA public key cryptosystem has been the most widely used, but its key for ensuring sufficient security reaches about 2000 bits long. On the other hand, elliptic curve cryptosystem(ECC) has the same security level with about 7-fold smaller length key. Accordingly, ECC has been received much attention and implemented on various processors even with scarce computation resources. In this paper, we deal with an elliptic curve which is defined over extension field F(p2c) and has a prime order, where p is the characteristic and c is a non negative integer. In order to realize a fast software implementation of ECC adopting such an elliptic curve, a fast implementation method of definition field F(p2c) especially F(p8) is proposed by using a technique called successive extension. First, five fast implementation methods of base field F(p2) are introduced. In each base field implementation, calculation costs of F(p2)-arithmetic operations are evaluated by counting the numbers of F(p)-arithmetic operations. Next, a successive extension method which adopts a polynomial basis and a binomial as the modular polynomial is proposed with comparing to a conventional method. Finally, we choose two prime numbers as the characteristic, and consider several implementations for definition field F(p8) by using five base fields and two successive extension methods. Then, one of these implementations is especially selected and implemented on Toshiba 32-bit micro controller TMP94C251(20MHz) by using C language. By evaluating calculation times with comparing to previous works, we conclude that proposed method can achieve a fast implementation of ECC with a prime order. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MorikawaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Morikawa en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Communication Network Engineering Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Communication Network Engineering Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=89 end-page=97 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2003 dt-pub=200303 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Aerosol Extinction Coefficient Continuously Measured with Polarized Mie Scattering Lidar en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Aerosol extinction coefficients of clouds and dust were continuously measured in the year of 2002 with a polarized Mie-scattering lidar controlled by an automatic and remotely operating system utilizing internet services. Measured cloud extinctions were greater than 1.0 km(-1) below the altitude 6 km, 0.17 - 1.0 km(-1) between 6 and 10 km, and 0.091 - 0.3 km(-1) beyond 10km. Extinction of dust were 0.10 and 0.20 km(-1) for Asian dust and 0.057 km(-1) for urban dust. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=IokibeKengo en-aut-sei=Iokibe en-aut-mei=Kengo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ToyotaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Toyota en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=WadaOsami en-aut-sei=Wada en-aut-mei=Osami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=KogaRyuji en-aut-sei=Koga en-aut-mei=Ryuji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Departement of Communication Network Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=37 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page= end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2003 dt-pub=200303 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=contents / back cover en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-sei=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page= end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=200112 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=cover / title page en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-sei=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=6 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=200112 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Observation of Orientation Change During Plastic Deformation of Polycrystalline Copper by EBSD Method en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Change in crystal orientation and strain of individual grains during tensile plastic deformation are studied to clarify on the microscopic deformation behavior of polycrystalline copper. The orientation of grain is measured by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique in the scanning electron microscope. The principal strain of grain is also measured by obtaining the approximated ellipse of strain distribution. The deformation of grains dependent on their initial orientation and the rotation of the principal strain during uniaxial tension are clarified. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KondouRyouji en-aut-sei=Kondou en-aut-mei=Ryouji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=AbeTakeji en-aut-sei=Abe en-aut-mei=Takeji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TadaNaoya en-aut-sei=Tada en-aut-mei=Naoya kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=ShimizuIchiro en-aut-sei=Shimizu en-aut-mei=Ichiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University en-keyword=Polycrystalline Copper kn-keyword=Polycrystalline Copper en-keyword=Plastic Deformation kn-keyword=Plastic Deformation en-keyword=SEM kn-keyword=SEM en-keyword=EBSD Method kn-keyword=EBSD Method en-keyword=Grain Orientation kn-keyword=Grain Orientation en-keyword=Crystal Orientation Map kn-keyword=Crystal Orientation Map END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=7 end-page=16 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=200112 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Microscopic Observation of Tensile Deformation Behavior of Polycrystalline Titanium with Scanning Probe Microscope en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The change in the surface morphology of polycrystalline titanium during tensile plastic deformation is studied, using the scanning probe microscope as well as the laser scanning microscope. The observation shows that the slip occurs mainly near grain boundary at the strain range of ƒÃ < 0.05. The slip develops with the applied strain, and the slip on the second slip system or the crossing of slip lines appear. The surface roughness increases linearly with the applied strain. The height difference between the grain boundary area and the inner grain area also increases with the applied strain, though the increase rate becomes low after the applied strain of about 0.3. The nano-scale height difference of the surface step of slip lines increases with the applied strain, though it remains almost constant after the applied strain of 0.4. The averaged surface roughness measured with the scanning probe microscope is in good agreement with that measured with the laser scanning microscope. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=LiYan en-aut-sei=Li en-aut-mei=Yan kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=AbeTakeji en-aut-sei=Abe en-aut-mei=Takeji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TadaNaoya en-aut-sei=Tada en-aut-mei=Naoya kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanazawaMasanori en-aut-sei=Kanazawa en-aut-mei=Masanori kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University en-keyword=Plasticity kn-keyword=Plasticity en-keyword=Polycrystalline Titanium kn-keyword=Polycrystalline Titanium en-keyword=Tensile Deformation kn-keyword=Tensile Deformation en-keyword=Surface Morphology kn-keyword=Surface Morphology en-keyword=Slip kn-keyword=Slip en-keyword=Twin kn-keyword=Twin en-keyword=Probe Scanning Microscope kn-keyword=Probe Scanning Microscope en-keyword=Laser Scanning Microscope kn-keyword=Laser Scanning Microscope END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=17 end-page=28 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=200112 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Application of Dead Beat Control method to the Water Level Control of Small-scale Hydroelectric Power Plant en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Small Scale Hydroelectric Power Generation is made using the water drop caused by the gradient difference between that of the river and that of the penstock. The water flow in this system apt to vary with time. Especially, at the time of the flood or that of the dry, the flow in the water stream varies largely. To realize the stable generation, it is necessary to maintain the water level in the head tank located in the mid way in the stream channel at a constant level. In this paper, variation of water level is forecasted using two-tank model for the penstock and the head tank and the water level control algorithm is proposed by deadbeat control. The effectiveness of the algorithm is evaluated beforehand using the simulation program of the water environment for the hydroelectric generation system. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=EndoShinichiro en-aut-sei=Endo en-aut-mei=Shinichiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. Electronic Control Engineering Gifu National College of Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama Univerisity END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=29 end-page=39 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=200112 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Modeling uncertainty for unknown modal parameters in large flexible structures en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A procedure for control-oriented modeling is proposed for large flexible structures with unknown modal parameters. Techniques on quantification of errors in modal truncated nominal models are developed for the case where a finite number of upper and lower bounds of the unknown modal parameters are given. A feasible set of systems matching the conditions is introduced, and then error bounds covering the feasible set are established in the frequency domain. The bounds are easily checked using linear programming for any user-specified frequency. The feasibility of the proposed scheme is illustrated by numerical study on an ideal flexible beam example. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=WadaKiyoshi en-aut-sei=Wada en-aut-mei=Kiyoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Systems Engineering Kyushu University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=41 end-page=49 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=200112 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Structure and Cohesive Energy of Large Spherical Coulomb Clusters en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The ground state of spherical clusters of charged particles of one species confined by the three-dimensional parabolic potential is investigated by molecular dynamics simulations with the system size from N = 5000 to N = 1.2 ~ 10(5) . The cohesive energy per particle is compared between the shell-structured clusters and spherical finite bcc lattices with relaxed surfaces, the former and the latter being the ground states for small systems and for the large enough systems, respectively. It is shown that, when N > N(c)(N(c) > N), finite bcc lattices with relaxed surfaces (the shell structures) have stronger cohesion than the shell structures (finite bcc lattices with relaxed surfaces) and the critical value of the transition N(c) is estimated to be 10(4) < N(c) < 1.4 ~ 10(4) . The nucleation of the bcc lattice in the shell-structured cluster of 2 ~ 10(4) ions is observed. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KishimotoTokunari en-aut-sei=Kishimoto en-aut-mei=Tokunari kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=59 end-page=77 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=200112 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Model Selection for Geometric Fitting: Geometric Ale and Geometric MDL en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Contrasting "geometric fitting", for which the noise level is taken as the asymptotic variable, with "statistical inference", for which the number of observations is taken as the asymptotic variable, we give a new definition of the "geometric AIC" and the "geometric MDL" as the counterparts of Akaike's AIC and Rissanen's MDL. We discuss various theoretical and practical problems that emerge from our analysis. Finally, we show, doing experiments using synthetic and real images, that the geometric MDL does not necessarily outperform the geometric AIC and that the two criteria have very different characteristics. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=79 end-page=90 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=200112 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Evaluation and Selection of Models for Motion Segmentation en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We first present an improvement of Kanatani's subspace separation [8] for motion segmentation by newly introducing the affine space constraint. We point out that this improvement does not always fare well due to the effective noise it introduces. In order to judge which solution to adopt if different segmentations are obtained, we present two criteria: one is the standard F test; the other is model selection using the geometric AIC of Kanatani [7] and the geometric MDL of Matsunaga and Kanatani [13]. We test these criteria doing real image experiments. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=107 end-page=116 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=200112 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Automatic Detection of Circular Objects by Ellipse Growing en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We present a new method for automatically detecting circular objects in images: we detect an osculating circle to an elliptic arc using a Hough transform, iteratively deforming it into an ellipse, removing outlier pixels, and searching for a separate edge. The voting space is restricted to one and two dimensions for efficiency, and special weighting schemes are introduced to enhance the accuracy. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our method using real images. Finally, we apply our method to the calibration of a turntable for 3-D object shape reconstruction. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OhtaNaoya en-aut-sei=Ohta en-aut-mei=Naoya kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science Gunma University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=117 end-page=121 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=200112 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Improvement of Biocompatibility of Silicone Elastomer by Surface Modification en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=ƒÁ-Methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane (ƒÁ-MPS) was grafted to silicone due to emulsion polymerization to induce Si-OH groups, in order to provide silicone with bioactivity spontaneous deposition of apatite in body fluid and to improve cytocompatibility. Apatite deposited on the grafted silicone within 7 days of soaking in 1.5 times as concentrated as the Kokubo solution. Osteoblastic cells (MC3T3-E1) were cultured on the specimens up to 7 days. After 5 days of culture, the number of MC3T3-E1 cells on the grafted specimen was much greater than that on the original specimen. These results indicated that the biocompatibility of silicone elastomer was improved by the grafting ƒÁ-MPS. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=ShirosakiYuki en-aut-sei=Shirosaki en-aut-mei=Yuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsuruKanji en-aut-sei=Tsuru en-aut-mei=Kanji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=HayakawaSatoshi en-aut-sei=Hayakawa en-aut-mei=Satoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakaAkiyoshi en-aut-sei=Osaka en-aut-mei=Akiyoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=TakashimaSeisuke en-aut-sei=Takashima en-aut-mei=Seisuke kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Co-operative Research Center, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page= end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=200112 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=contents / back cover en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-sei=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page= end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200203 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=cover / title page en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-sei=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=6 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200203 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Effect of Heat Treatment on the Serration of Low-Concentrated Al-Zn Alloys en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The effect of heat-treatment conditions on occurrence of serration in Al-Zn alloys was investigated. Specimens were aged for various times up to 2.6Ms at 293K or 273K after quenching from various temperatures (T(Q)), 473K to 853K, and tensile-tested at room temperature. Serration occurred more easily according as T(Q) became lower and the aging time became shorter: in the case that T(Q)=473K serration was observed even after aging for 2.6Ms, while in the case that T(Q)=773K serration did not occur irrespective of aging conditions. Serration was also recognized when the specimens were furnace-cooled from 773K to room temperature. These results together with those obtained by the electrical resistometry suggest that the serration in the low'concentrated Al-Zn alloy is caused by the formation of small GP zones whose Guinier radius is less than 1nm or some sort of solute clusters. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=SakakibaraAkira en-aut-sei=Sakakibara en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanadaniTeruto en-aut-sei=Kanadani en-aut-mei=Teruto kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TashiroTsutomu en-aut-sei=Tashiro en-aut-mei=Tsutomu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=YoshiokaKazumi en-aut-sei=Yoshioka en-aut-mei=Kazumi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty of Engineering Okayama University of Science affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty of Informatics Okayama University of Science affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School Okayama University of Science END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=7 end-page=13 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200203 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Numerical Study on Deformation Behavior of Rigid-Plastic Inhomogeneous Material Using Three-Dimensional Models en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=It is important to study the microscopic deformation behavior of inhomogeneous material, for most engineering materials are inhomogeneous. The aim of the present study is to clarify by numerical analysis some features of microscopic plastic strain distributions, the mean flow stress and the material factors affecting on it. The rigid-plastic solution is important not only for plastic deformation problems with large strain, but also for creep deformation problems through the plastic analogy in the creep analysis. The effects of material parameter and loading conditions on the deformation behavior of the material are examined and discussed based on the result of calculation. The effects of the aspect ratio of the inhomogeneous regions on the deformation mode are studied. The patterns of the strain concentration and the averaged flow stress of the inhomogeneous material are also discussed. The results of rigid-plastic material are compared with those of the elastic material. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=AbeTakeji en-aut-sei=Abe en-aut-mei=Takeji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=NagaoMakoto en-aut-sei=Nagao en-aut-mei=Makoto kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=OhtaTomoyuki en-aut-sei=Ohta en-aut-mei=Tomoyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NagayamaNoriyuki en-aut-sei=Nagayama en-aut-mei=Noriyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Technological Research Center of Okayama Prefecture en-keyword=Plasticity kn-keyword=Plasticity en-keyword=Deformation kn-keyword=Deformation en-keyword=Inhomogeneous Material kn-keyword=Inhomogeneous Material en-keyword=Strain Concentration Coefficient kn-keyword=Strain Concentration Coefficient en-keyword=Rigid-Plastic FEM kn-keyword=Rigid-Plastic FEM END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=15 end-page=42 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200203 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Study on the Planning and Scheduling of Production System Considering Demand Changes en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, we studied a planning and scheduling of production system considering demand changes. In the proposed system, planning part determines lot-size and amount of jobs in production. On the other hand, scheduling part determines the production sequence of jobs. In order to treat with the demand changes, both planning and scheduling should work well simultaneously. In the proposed system, preset and real time production control system is newly constructed from the view point of adaptive control. In the system, production planning is modified when the difference between production amount and demand becomes large. Moreover, production schedule is regenerated when the determined schedule is deviated from the prospected one. The scheduling system is characterized as the autonomous decentralized optimization system where each job works as agent and agent searches its appropriate starting time of processing. The effectiveness of the proposed system is confirmed by numerical examples. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=OhtaniRyuji en-aut-sei=Ohtani en-aut-mei=Ryuji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NishiTatsushi en-aut-sei=Nishi en-aut-mei=Tatsushi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=43 end-page=49 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200203 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Motivation towards learning a second language (A Case Study-Part 1. Canada) en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this case study, I will analyse and discuss the results of a survey concerning motivation towards learning a second language conducted in four Canadian schools. This section, part one of the study, was conducted in the Sudbury Region of Ontario, Canada. This region of the world was chosen because bilingualism is quite common there and a large portion of the community has learned a second language. Part two will be conducted in the winter of 2002, in Denmark, a European country that neighbours many countries with different mother tongues, I hope to conclude this case study with part three in the summer of 2002, in Japan, a monolingual island nation. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=VaillancourtChico en-aut-sei=Vaillancourt en-aut-mei=Chico kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University, Faculty of Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=51 end-page=60 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200203 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Regulatory Role for Complement Receptors (CD21/CD35) in the Recombination Activating Gene Expression in Mouse Peripheral B Cells en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A population of peripheral B cells have been shown to express recombination activating gene products, RAG-1 and RAG-2, which are considered to be involved in revising the B cell antigen receptor (BCR) in the periphery. BCR engagement has been reported to turn off RAG expression in peripheral B cells, whereas the same treatment has an opposite effect in immature B cells in the bone marrow. In contrast to receptor editing that is involved in the removal of autoreactivity in immature B cells, it has been shown that secondary V(D)J rearrangement in peripheral B cells, termed receptor revision, contributes to affinity maturation of antibodies. Here, we show that RAG-2 expression in murine splenic B cells was abrogated by the coligation of BCR with complement receptors (CD21/CD35) much more efficiently than by the engagement of BCR alone. On the other hand, the same coligation augmented proliferation of anti-CD40-stimulated B cells. Consistent with these observations, RAG-2 expression was lower in the draining lymph nodes of the quasi-monoclonal mice when they were immunized with a high-affinity antigen than with a low-affinity one. These findings suggest a crucial role for CD21/CD35 in directing the conservation or the revision of BCRs in peripheral B cells. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=HikidaMasaki en-aut-sei=Hikida en-aut-mei=Masaki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MagariMasaki en-aut-sei=Magari en-aut-mei=Masaki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=NakayamaYasunori en-aut-sei=Nakayama en-aut-mei=Yasunori kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanayamaNaoki en-aut-sei=Kanayama en-aut-mei=Naoki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=OhmoriHitoshi en-aut-sei=Ohmori en-aut-mei=Hitoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=61 end-page=66 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200203 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Cytotoxicity of the Bacillus thuringiensis Crystal Protein against Mammalian Cells en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The crystal proteins produced by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp, israelensis (Bti) and subsp. coreanensis A1519 strain were examined for the cytotoxicity against MOLT-4 and HeLa cells by MTT assay and LDH assay, The A1519 crystal proteins processed by proteinase K exhibited the specific cell-killing activity toward MOLT-4 with little damage to the cell membrane, On the other hand, the Bti crystal proteins processed by proteinase K caused the substantial damage to the cell membrane of both MOLT-4 and HeLa, leading to the cell lysis. The non-digested crystal proteins of both strains exhibited no cytotoxicity, These data suggested that while the Bti crystal proteins caused the colloid-osmotic swelling and cell lysis of MOLT-4 and HeLa, the proteinase K-digested A1519 crystal proteins induced the specific cell death of MOLT-4 through a mechanism other than that of Bti. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YamagiwaMasashi en-aut-sei=Yamagiwa en-aut-mei=Masashi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=NambaAkitoshi en-aut-sei=Namba en-aut-mei=Akitoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=AkaoTetsuyuki en-aut-sei=Akao en-aut-mei=Tetsuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MizukiEiichi en-aut-sei=Mizuki en-aut-mei=Eiichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=OhbaMichio en-aut-sei=Ohba en-aut-mei=Michio kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=SakaiHiroshi en-aut-sei=Sakai en-aut-mei=Hiroshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Biotechnology and Food Research Institute, Fukuoka Industrial Technology Center affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Biotechnology and Food Research Institute, Fukuoka Industrial Technology Center affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyusyu University affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=67 end-page=72 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200203 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Preparation of alginic acid layers on solid substrates for biomedical applications en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Alginic acid was immobilized on ƒÁ-aminopropyltriethoxysilane-coated glass as a model substrate since an alginic acid layer was known to prevent cell adhesion. The surface was characterized with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and contact angle measurement. The coated substrates adsorbed practically no calcium phosphates on their surfaces when soaked in a simulated body fluid (SBF) of Kolrubo recipe. Since calcium ions are one of the factors for blood clotting, the present alginic acid coating is one of the candidates to improve blood compatibility of clinical materials. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YoshiokaTomohiko en-aut-sei=Yoshioka en-aut-mei=Tomohiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsuruKanji en-aut-sei=Tsuru en-aut-mei=Kanji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=HayakawaSatoshi en-aut-sei=Hayakawa en-aut-mei=Satoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakaAkiyoshi en-aut-sei=Osaka en-aut-mei=Akiyoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=73 end-page=82 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200203 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Application of Transfer Matrix Method with Signal Flow-Chart to Analyze Optical Multi-Path Ring-Resonator en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A multi-path ring-resonator (MPRR) was proposed to extend FSR of ring resonator. However, it is complicated to analyze the MPRR by using well-known analysis techniques such as scattering matrix or other numerical methods. This paper describes procedure for deriving transfer matrix by means of signal flow-chart to analyze the MPRR. We do not need complicated calculation for steady state analysis because transfer matrix elements are formulated clearly. As a result, The calcultaion time in this method can be reduced 1/3 to 1/20 times compared with using scattering matirx method. Furthermore, a transmittance characteristics of the MPRR at FSR extension-factor of 10 will also be shown. This suggests that analysis of other types of the MPRR by using this method can be performed simply and take a shorter time. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=HidayatIip Syarif en-aut-sei=Hidayat en-aut-mei=Iip Syarif kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ToyotaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Toyota en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TorigoeOsamu en-aut-sei=Torigoe en-aut-mei=Osamu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=WadaOsami en-aut-sei=Wada en-aut-mei=Osami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=KogaRyuji en-aut-sei=Koga en-aut-mei=Ryuji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Departement of Communication Network Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Departement of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=83 end-page=89 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200203 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Experimental Verification of Common-Mode Excitation Model for PCB Having Partially Narrow Return Path en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Suppression of common-mode current is important to achieve electromagnetic compatibility of high-speed and high-density electronic circuits. The authors have focused on the common mode current flowing on a printed circuit board (PCB) to explain the excitation mechanism. A narrow ground pattern in microstrip structure excites common-mode current. In the previous paper, the authors explained the mechanism of common mode generation by means of "current division factor" for simple PCBs. The estimated radiation from a simple PCB agreed well with measured one. In this paper, the authors extend the theory to be applied to generalize ground structure. The validity of the theory is confirmed by comparing the measured radiation and the estimated value using the common-mode model for a test PCB. The estimated radiation agrees well with the measured one within 3 dB up to 900 MHz. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=WatanabeTetsushi en-aut-sei=Watanabe en-aut-mei=Tetsushi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=WadaOsami en-aut-sei=Wada en-aut-mei=Osami kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KogaRyuji en-aut-sei=Koga en-aut-mei=Ryuji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=ToyotaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Toyota en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=MiyashitaTakuya en-aut-sei=Miyashita en-aut-mei=Takuya kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Communication Network Engineering Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Computer Center Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=36 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page= end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2002 dt-pub=200203 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=contents / back cover en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-sei=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=46 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page= end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2012 dt-pub=201201 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Contents en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-sei=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=46 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=1 end-page=9 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2012 dt-pub=201201 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Optimal Computation of 3-D Similarity from Space Data with Inhomogeneous Noise Distributions en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We optimally estimate the similarity (rotation, translation, and scale change) between two sets of 3-D data in the presence of inhomogeneous and anisotropic noise. Adopting the Lie algebra representation of the 3-D rotational change, we derive the Levenberg-Marquardt procedure for simultaneously optimizing the rotation, the translation, and the scale change. We test the performance of our method using simulated stereo data and real GPS geodetic sensing data. We conclude that the conventional method assuming homogeneous and isotropic noise is insufficient and that our simultaneous optimization scheme can produce an accurate solution. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=NiitsumaHirotaka en-aut-sei=Niitsuma en-aut-mei=Hirotaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=46 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=10 end-page=20 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2012 dt-pub=201201 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Calibration of Ultra-Wide Fisheye Lens Cameras by Eigenvalue Minimization en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We present a new technique for calibrating ultra-wide fisheye lens cameras by imposing the constraint that collinear points be rectified to be collinear, parallel lines to be parallel, and orthogonal lines to be orthogonal. Exploiting the fact that line fitting reduces to an eigenvalue problem, we do a rigorous perturbation analysis to obtain a Levenberg-Marquardt procedure for the optimization. Doing experiments, we point out that spurious solutions exist if collinearity and parallelism alone are imposed. Our technique has many desirable properties. For example, no metric information is required about the reference pattern or the camera position, and separate stripe patterns can be displayed on a video screen to generate a virtual grid, eliminating the grid point extraction processing. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=46 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=21 end-page=33 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2012 dt-pub=201201 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Optimal Computation of 3-D Similarity: Gauss-Newton vs.Gauss-Helmert en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Because 3-D data are acquired using 3-D sensing such as stereo vision and laser range finders, they have inhomogeneous and anisotropic noise. This paper studies optimal computation of the similarity (rotation, translation, and scale change) of such 3-D data. We first point out that the Gauss-Newton and the Gauss-Helmert methods, regarded as different techniques, have similar structures. We then combine them to define what we call the modified Gauss-Helmert method and do stereo vision simulation to show that it is superior to either of the two in convergence performance. Finally, we show an application to real GPS geodetic data and point out that the widely used homogeneous and isotropic noise model is insufficient and that GPS geodetic data are prone to numerical problems. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=NiitsumaHirotaka en-aut-sei=Niitsuma en-aut-mei=Hirotaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=47 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page= end-page= dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2013 dt-pub=201301 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Contents en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract= en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-sei=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=47 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=1 end-page=18 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2013 dt-pub=201301 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Overviews of Optimization Techniques for Geometric Estimation en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We summarize techniques for optimal geometric estimation from noisy observations for computer vision applications. We first discuss the interpretation of optimality and point out that geometric estimation is different from the standard statistical estimation. We also describe our noise modeling and a theoretical accuracy limit called the KCR lower bound. Then, we formulate estimation techniques based on minimization of a given cost function: least squares (LS), maximum likelihood (ML), which includes reprojection error minimization as a special case, and Sampson error minimization. We describe bundle adjustment and the FNS scheme for numerically solving them and the hyperaccurate correction that improves the accuracy of ML. Next, we formulate estimation techniques not based on minimization of any cost function: iterative reweight, renormalization, and hyper-renormalization. Finally, we show numerical examples to demonstrate that hyper-renormalization has higher accuracy than ML, which has widely been regarded as the most accurate method of all. We conclude that hyper-renormalization is robust to noise and currently is the best method. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=47 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=19 end-page=24 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2013 dt-pub=201301 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Representation of Torsion Points on Pairing Curves of Embedding Degree 1 en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Recent efficient pairings such as Ate pairing use two efficient rational point subgroups such that ƒÎ(P) = P and ƒÎ(Q) = [p]Q, where ƒÎ, p, P, and Q are the Frobenius map for rational point, the characteristic of definition field, and torsion points for pairing, respectively. This relation accelerates not only pairing but also pairing?related operations such as scalar multiplications. It holds in the case that the embedding degree k divides r ? 1, where r is the order of torsion rational points. Thus, such a case has been well studied. Alternatively, this paper focuses on the case that the degree divides r + 1 but does not divide r ? 1. Then, this paper shows a multiplicative representation for r?torsion points based on the fact that the characteristic polynomial f(ƒÎ) becomes irreducible over Fr for which ƒÎ also plays a role of variable. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=SumoTaichi en-aut-sei=Sumo en-aut-mei=Taichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University en-keyword=pairing?friendly curve kn-keyword=pairing?friendly curve en-keyword=torsion point kn-keyword=torsion point en-keyword=group structure kn-keyword=group structure en-keyword=rank kn-keyword=rank END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=47 cd-vols= no-issue= article-no= start-page=25 end-page=32 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2013 dt-pub=201301 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Lazy Random Walk Efficient for Pollardfs Rho Metho‚„ Attacking on G3 over Barreto-Naehrig Curve (Corrected) en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Pairing?based cryptosystems are well implemented with Ate?type pairing over Barreto?Naehrig (BN) curve. Then, for instance, their securities depend on the difficulty of Discrete Logarithm Problem (DLP) on the so?denoted G3 over BN curve. This paper, in order to faster solve the DLP, first proposes to utilize Gauss period Normal Basis (GNB) for Pollardfs rho method, and then considers to accelerate the solving by an adoption of lazy random walk, namely tag tracing technique proposed by Cheon et al. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NekadoKenta en-aut-sei=Nekado en-aut-mei=Kenta kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TakaiYusuke en-aut-sei=Takai en-aut-mei=Yusuke kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=9 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Structural Analysis of Minimum Weight Codewords of the (32, 21, 6) and (64, 45, 8) Extended BCH Codes Using Invariance Property en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Two typical examples, the (32, 21, 6) and (64, 45, 8) extended code of primitive permuted BCH codes, are considered. The sets of minimum weight codewords are analyzed in terms of Boolean polynomial representation. They are classied by using their split weight structure with respect to the left and right half trellis sections, and for each class, the standard form is presented. Based on the results, we can generate a proper list of the minimum weight codewords of the codes. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=AsataniJun kn-aut-sei=Asatani kn-aut-mei=Jun aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KoumotoTakuya en-aut-sei=Koumoto en-aut-mei=Takuya kn-aut-name=b–{‘ì–ç kn-aut-sei=b–{ kn-aut-mei=‘ì–ç aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=ToruFujiwara kn-aut-sei=Toru kn-aut-mei=Fujiwara aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=TadaoKasami kn-aut-sei=Tadao kn-aut-mei=Kasami aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty of Engineering Okayama University of Science affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Information Science Nara Institute of Science and Technology en-keyword=Boolean polynomial representation kn-keyword=Boolean polynomial representation en-keyword=extended BCH codes kn-keyword=extended BCH codes en-keyword=minimum weight codewords kn-keyword=minimum weight codewords en-keyword=binary shift invariance property kn-keyword=binary shift invariance property END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=10 end-page=17 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Geometric BIC en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The author introduced the "geometric AIC" and the "geometric MDL" as model selection criteria for geometric fitting problems. These correspond to Akaikefs "AIC" and Rissanen's "BIC", respectively, well known in the statistical estimation framework. Another criterion well known is Schwarzf "BIC", but its counterpart for geometric fitting has been unknown. This paper introduces the corresponding criterion, which we call the "geometric BIC", and shows that it is of the same form as the geometric MDL. We present the underlying logical reasoning of Bayesian estimation. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=18 end-page=35 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Fundamental Matrix Computation: Theory and Practice en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We classify and review existing algorithms for computing the fundamental matrix from point correspondences and propose new effective schemes: 7-parameter Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) search, EFNS, and EFNS-based bundle adjustment. Doing experimental comparison, we show that EFNS and the 7-parameter LM search exhibit the best performance and that additional bundle adjustment does not increase the accuracy to any noticeable degree. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=YasuyukiSugaya kn-aut-sei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-mei=Sugaya aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information and Computer Sciences Toyohashi University of Technology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=36 end-page=43 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Fast Exponentiation in Extension Field with Frobenius Mappings en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper proposes an exponentiation method with Frobenius mappings. Our method is closely related to so-called interleaving exponentiation. Different from the interleaving exponentiation methods, our method can carry out several exponentiations using same base at the same time. The efficiency to use Frobenius mappings for an exponentiation in extension field is well introduced by Avanzi and Mihailescu. This exponentiation method is based on so-called simultaneous exponentiation and uses many Frobenius mappings. Their method more decreased the number of multiplications; however, the number of Frobenius mappings inversely increased. Compared to their method , the number of multiplications needed for the proposed method becomes about 20% larger; however, that of Frobenius mappings becomes small enough. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KatoHidehiro en-aut-sei=Kato en-aut-mei=Hidehiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=NekadoKenta en-aut-sei=Nekado en-aut-mei=Kenta kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MorikawaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Morikawa en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University en-keyword=exponentiation kn-keyword=exponentiation en-keyword=Frobenius mapping kn-keyword=Frobenius mapping en-keyword=extension field kn-keyword=extension field END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=44 end-page=47 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Vibrational Properties of Si Crystal with Vacancy : A Tight-Binding Study en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=To analyze vibrational properties of Si crystal with a single charge-neutral vacancy, we perform large-scale simulations based on tight-binding molecular-dynamics method. Vibrational modes and frequencies are obtained by diagonalizing dynamical matrix within a harmonic approximation. Results indicate that there exist vibrational modes spatially localized around the vacancy and large frequency shifts associated with the localized modes contribute significantly to reduction of the vibrational free energy. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=OgawaTakafumi kn-aut-sei=Ogawa kn-aut-mei=Takafumi aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=HiroshiIyetomi kn-aut-sei=Hiroshi kn-aut-mei=Iyetomi aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Physics Niigata University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=48 end-page=52 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Numerical Simulations of Two-dimensional Electron Fluid : An Application of Classical-map Hypernetted-chain Method en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Based on the mapping introduced by the classical-map hypernetted-chain (CHNC) method, classical numerical simulations, Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics, have been applied to the twodimensional electron fluid and the results are compared with those of quantum Monte Carlo simulations hitherto reported. It is shown that polarization properties of the ground state obtained by the diffusion Monte Carlo method are reproduced within the accuracy of quantum simulations by both of two mapping functions for the quantum temperature which have been proposed within the CHNC method. These results may serve as the basis of numerical simulations based on the CHNC method which are applicable to finite non-periodic systems like quantum dots and systems at finite temperatures. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=MiyakeTakashi kn-aut-sei=Miyake kn-aut-mei=Takashi aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=NakanishiKenta kn-aut-sei=Nakanishi kn-aut-mei=Kenta aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=53 end-page=55 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Transfer of Quantum Information by Spin Chains : Effect of Noise en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In order to transfer quantum information, the use of spin chains has been proposed and their transfer characteristics have been analyzed. As one of the latter, the maximum of the transfer probability over sufficiently long time period is often considered important and some examples with high maximum values have been given. In these examples, the coupling between neighboring spins are tuned so as to attain high efficiency. In this article, we discuss the effect of noise on the values of coupling constant. As a result, we propose a system where the efficiency is high and also the effect of noise is small. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=ChaiHong kn-aut-sei=Chai kn-aut-mei=Hong aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=56 end-page=59 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Spin Polarization of Two-Dimensional Electron System in a Finite Domain en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We analyze the ground state of the two-dimensional quantum system of electrons confined in a parabolic potential with the system size around 100. We map the system onto a classical system on the basis of the classical-map hypernetted-chain (CHNC) method which has been proven to work in the integral-equation-based analyses of uniform unbounded systems and then apply classical numerical simulations. We find that the confined system undergoes the transition to the spin polarized state with the decrease of the average density and the corresponding critical value is as low as rs ? 0.3 in terms of the usual rs parameter estimated for the average density. As the ground state for given value of the rs parameter, our data give the critical value for the transition around 20 which is consistent with the known possibility. The advantage of our method is a direct applicability to geometrically complex systems which are difficult to analyze by integral equations. The application to the structure like quantum dots reported here is the first example of such applications. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=MiyakeTakashi kn-aut-sei=Miyake kn-aut-mei=Takashi aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=NakanishiKenta kn-aut-sei=Nakanishi kn-aut-mei=Kenta aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology and Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=60 end-page=70 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Transfer Planning of Molten Metals in Steel Worksby Decentralized Agent en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In steel works, molten metals discharged from blast furnace are put into a pan for transportation called torpedo and transported to steel making factory by a locomotive. In molten metals transportation, it becomes issues to prevent temperature drop of molten metals for stable production of down stream plants to shorten transportation time. Therefore it is necessary to make an appropriate plan for molten metals transfer considering the production and the transportation simultaneously. In this paper, molten metals transfer planning method is proposed including production scheduling. That is, torpedo schedule, transfer request assignment and route plan of locomotives are optimized according to each objective. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KikuchiJunji en-aut-sei=Kikuchi en-aut-mei=Junji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=71 end-page=78 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Optimization of Inventories for Multiple Companies by Fuzzy Control Method en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this research, Fuzzy control theory is applied to the inventory control of the supply chain between multiple companies. The proposed control method deals with the amount of inventories expressing supply chain between multiple companies. Referring past demand and tardiness, inventory amounts of raw materials are determined by Fuzzy inference. The method that an appropriate inventory control becomes possible optimizing fuzzy control gain by using SA method for Fuzzy control. The variation of uncertain demand is given to the proposal method. Furthermore, the method of forecasting demand and the effectiveness of fuzzy control method are confirmed by numerical experiments. As the results, the proposal method suppressed increase in an unnecessary cost when demand varies. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KawaseKoichi en-aut-sei=Kawase en-aut-mei=Koichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=79 end-page=90 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Temperature Distribution Control of Reactor Furnace by StateSpace Method using FEM Modeling en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The operations of a reactor furnace such as a blast furnace still depend on the experiences and intuitions of skilled operators due to the complexity of internal furnace phenomena and high temperature. There is a great demand for stable operations under the circumstances of a decrease in the number of skilled operators and difficulty in technology inheritance. This paper aims to construct mathematical description for control of a reactor furnace. Further, the linear-quadratic-gaussian control system for a reactor furnace is proposed, which estimates inner furnace temperature distribution using measured data near furnace wall. Temperature distribution of a furnace is controlled based on the estimated inner temperature distribution changing of boundary conditions of a furnace. The practicability of the proposed control method was checked through numerical experiments. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=NotsuTadafumi kn-aut-sei=Notsu kn-aut-mei=Tadafumi aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Science Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Science Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=91 end-page=103 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Cooperation of Production, Product Handling and TransferScheduling for Semiconductor Fabrication en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Various kind of productions are made in semiconductor fabrications, where it employs the production system with multiprocesses and multiple Automated Guided Vehicles(AGVs) for transportation. It is difficult to optimize planning of production and transportation simultaneously because of the complicated flow of semifinished products. This paper describes the formulations of production scheduling, transportation routing and sequence planning of material handling system, and algorithm for simultaneous optimization of plannings by using solution space reduction and simulated annealing method. In this paper, all production system is decomposed to the production scheduling problem, transportation routing problem by AGVs and sequence planning of material handling system with managing stockers and buffers. Production scheduling problem and transportation routing problem are solved by the optimization algorithm using the decomposition routing problem. Sequence planning of material handling robot problem is solved by the algorithm using simulated annealing method. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=RyoheiHamana en-aut-sei=Ryohei en-aut-mei=Hamana kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Science Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Science Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=104 end-page=109 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Fatigue Crack Propagation Evaluated by Electric Resistance and Ultrasonics in Copper Film Bonded to Base Metal with Resin en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=As model specimens of surface film-bonded materials, pure copper films with a thickness of 100ƒÊm were bonded to the surface of steel base with epoxy resin, where the tensile residual stress was measured by an X-ray on the surface copper film. The distribution of initial electric resistance was measured on both copper film and base specimen by a direct current potential drop technique. As a result, there was a good agreement between the measured and theoretical values. From the fatigue testing results, it was shown that the measured electric resistance increased with the fatigue crack length on the copper film, which was almost equal to the theoretical value calculated for a central slit in a plate with finite width. This was probably because the fatigue crack was opened due to the tensile residual stress on the film even under unloading condition. In addition, the internal crack length during fatigue was examined by ultrasonic testing for the film-bonded specimen. As a result, there was a difference in the fatigue crack length between the surface copper film and the inner base. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=DonghuiMA en-aut-sei=Donghui en-aut-mei=MA kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ToriiTashiyuki en-aut-sei=Torii en-aut-mei=Tashiyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ShimizuKenichi en-aut-sei=Shimizu en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MatsubaAkira en-aut-sei=Matsuba en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate student, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Hiroshima Prefectural Technology Research Institute END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=42 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=110 end-page=114 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2008 dt-pub=200801 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Method for Checking the Parity of (#Jc - 1)=2 of Genus 2 and 3 Hyperelliptic Curves en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper shows a method for checking the parity of (#Jc ? 1)/2 without calculating the order #Jc, where #Jc is the order of genus 2 or 3 hyperelliptic curve. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MorikawaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Morikawa en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=41 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=10 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200701 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=The Number of the Irreducible Cubic Polynomials in the Form of x(3) + ax + b with a Certain Fixed Element a en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, we first show the number of x's such that x(2) +u, u ¸ F(*)(p) , becomes a quadratic residue in F(p), and then this number is proven to be equal to (p+1)/2 if ?u is a quadratic residue in Fp, which is a necessary fact for the following. With respect to the irreducible cubic polynomials over Fp in the form of x(3)+ax+b, we give a classification based on the trace of an element in F(p3) and based on whether or not the coefficient of x, i.e. the parameter a, is a quadratic residue in Fp. According to this classification, we can know the minimal set of the irreducible cubic polynomials, from which all the irreducible cubic polynomials can be generated by using the following two variable transformations: x=x + i, x=j?1x, i, j ¸ Fp, j ‚ 0. Based on the classification and that necessary fact, we show the number of the irreducible cubic polynomials in the form of x(3)+ax+b, b ¸ F(p), where a is a certain fixed element in F(p). en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MorikawaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Morikawa en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University en-keyword=Irreducible cubic polynomial kn-keyword=Irreducible cubic polynomial en-keyword=trace kn-keyword=trace en-keyword=quadratic residue kn-keyword=quadratic residue END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=41 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=11 end-page=19 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200701 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=An Algorithm for Generating Irreducible Cubic Trinomials over Prime Field en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper proposes an algorithm for generating irreducible cubic trinomials in the form x(3) + ax + b, b ¸ F(p), where a is a certain fixed non-zero element in the prime field F(p). The proposed algorithm needs a certain irreducible cubic trinomial over F(p) to be previously given as a generator; however, the proposed algorithm can generate irreducible cubic polynomials one after another by changing a certain parameter in F(p). In this paper, we compare the calculation cost and the average computation time for generating an irreducible cubic polynomial, especially trinomial, among Hiramoto et al. irreducibility testing algorithm, Berlekamp-Massey minimal polynomial determining algorithm, and the proposed algorithm. From the experimental results, it is shown that the proposed algorithm is the fastest among the three algorithms for generating irreducible cubic trinomials. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MorikawaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Morikawa en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University en-keyword=irreducible cubic polynomial kn-keyword=irreducible cubic polynomial en-keyword=minimal polynomial kn-keyword=minimal polynomial END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=41 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=20 end-page=30 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200701 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Method for Production Planning and Inventory Control in OilRenery en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, we propose a simultaneous optimization method for inventory control and production planning problem for a chemical batch plant. The plant consists of blending process, intermediate storage tanks and filling process. In the proposed method, the original problem is decomposed into production planning sub-problem and inventory control sub-problem. Then the decision variables are optimized by alternately solving each sub-problem. The solution of the proposed method is compared with that of centralized optimization method. The effectiveness of the proposed method is investigated from numerical computational results. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=ImamuraTakuji en-aut-sei=Imamura en-aut-mei=Takuji kn-aut-name=¡‘º‘ñŽi kn-aut-sei=¡‘º kn-aut-mei=‘ñŽi aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=41 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=31 end-page=43 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200701 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Simultaneous Optimization of Production and TransportationPlanning by using Logic Cut Algorithm en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Various kind of productions are made in semiconductor factories, where it employs the production system with multiprocess and multiple Automated Guided Vehicles(AGVs) for transportation. It is difficult to optimize planning of production and transportation simultaneously because of the complicated flow of semifinished products. This paper describes the formulations of production scheduling and transportation routing, and algorithm for simultaneous optimization of plannings by using logic cuts. The entire problem is decomposed to the master problem and the sub problem. If it derives the infeasible solutions, new constraints are added to the master problem to eliminate the solution area including infeasible solutions. The results of about optimality and computation time by using CPLEX solver are shown compared with conventional decomposition method to check up effectivity of proposed method in small size problem, and about optimality and computaion time for large scale problem. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=HamanaRyohei en-aut-sei=Hamana en-aut-mei=Ryohei kn-aut-name=à_–¼—Ç•½ kn-aut-sei=à_–¼ kn-aut-mei=—Ç•½ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=41 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=44 end-page=51 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200701 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Decomposition of Time Petri Nets for Solving Optimal FiringSequence Problem en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Petri net model is a frequently-used versatile tool which can represent a widely discrete event system. However, when the scale of the system becomes large, the calculation time for solving optimal problem (optimal firing sequence problem) is markedly increased. In this paper, we propose an approximation method that achieves the efficiency improvement of the solution by decomposing the Petri net for solving the optimal firing sequence problem. A timed Petri Net is decomposed into several subnets in which the optimal firing sequence for each subnet is solved by Dijkstrafs algorithm in polynomial computational complexity. The effectivity of the proposed method is verified by numerical experiments for the flowshop schedule problem. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=MaenoRyota en-aut-sei=Maeno en-aut-mei=Ryota kn-aut-name=‘O–ì—Ç‘¾ kn-aut-sei=‘O–ì kn-aut-mei=—Ç‘¾ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=41 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=52 end-page=62 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200701 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis of Fluidized Bed Grain Drying en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The effects of heat and mass transfer parameters on the efficiency of fluidized bed drying have been studied to optimize the input and output conditions. The analysis was carried out using two different materials, wheat and corn. Energy and exergy models based on the first and second law of thermodynamic are developed. Furthermore, some unified non-dimensional experimental correlations for predicting the efficiency of fluidized bed drying process have been proposed. The effects of hydrodynamics and thermodynamics conditions such as the inlet air temperature, the initial moisture content and well known Fourier and Reynolds numbers on energy efficiency and exergy efficiency were analyzed using the developed model. A good agreement was achieved between the model predictions, non-dimensional correlations and the available experimental results. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=InabaHideo en-aut-sei=Inaba en-aut-mei=Hideo kn-aut-name=ˆî—t‰p’j kn-aut-sei=ˆî—t kn-aut-mei=‰p’j aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=SyahrulHusain kn-aut-sei=Syahrul kn-aut-mei=Husain aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=HoribeAkihiko en-aut-sei=Horibe en-aut-mei=Akihiko kn-aut-name=–x•”–¾•F kn-aut-sei=–x•” kn-aut-mei=–¾•F aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=HarukiNaoto en-aut-sei=Haruki en-aut-mei=Naoto kn-aut-name=t–Ø’¼l kn-aut-sei=t–Ø kn-aut-mei=’¼l aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=41 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=63 end-page=72 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200701 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Experimental Evaluation of Geometric Fitting Algorithms en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The convergence performance of typical numerical schemes for geometric fitting for computer vision applications is compared. First, the problem and the associated KCR lower bound are stated. Then, three well known fitting algorithms are described: FNS, HEIV, and renormalization. To these, we add a special variant of Gauss-Newton iterations. For initialization of iterations, random choice, least squares, and Taubinfs method are tested. Numerical simulations and real image experiments and conducted for fundamental matrix computation and ellipse fitting, which reveals different characteristics of each method. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=SugayaYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Sugaya en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name=›’J•Û”V kn-aut-sei=›’J kn-aut-mei=•Û”V aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information and Computer Sciences Toyohashi University of Technology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=41 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=73 end-page=92 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200701 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Statistical Optimization for Geometric Fitting: TheoreticalAccuracy Bound and High Order Error Analysis en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A rigorous accuracy analysis is given to various techniques for estimating parameters of geometric models from noisy data for computer vision applications. First, it is pointed out that parameter estimation for vision applications is very different in nature from traditional statistical analysis and hence a different mathematical framework is necessary in such a domain. After general theories on estimation and accuracy are given, typical existing techniques are selected, and their accuracy is evaluated up to higher order terms. This leads to a ghyperaccurateh method that outperforms existing methods. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=41 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=93 end-page=98 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2007 dt-pub=200701 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Structure, Morphology and Color Tone Properties of theNeodymium Substituted Hematite en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Co-precipitation method has been employed to fabricate neodymium substituted hematite with different compositions from the aqueous solution of their corresponding metal salts. Thermal analysis and X-ray diffraction studies revealed the coexistence of Fe(2)O(3) and Nd(2)O(3) phases up to 1050Ž and formation of solid solution phase among them at 1100Ž and above temperatures, which was evidenced by shifting of the XRD peaks. Unit cell parameters and the cell volumes of the samples were found to increase by adding Nd(3+) ions in the reaction process. FESEM studies showed the suppression of particle growth due to the presence of Nd(3+) ions. Spectroscopic measurement evidenced that neodymium substituted hematite exhibited brighter yellowish red color tone than that of pure ƒ¿-Fe(2)O(3). en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=Tarequl IslamBhuiyan kn-aut-sei=Tarequl Islam kn-aut-mei=Bhuiyan aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=NakanishiMakoto en-aut-sei=Nakanishi en-aut-mei=Makoto kn-aut-name=’†¼^ kn-aut-sei=’†¼ kn-aut-mei=^ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=FujiiTatsuo en-aut-sei=Fujii en-aut-mei=Tatsuo kn-aut-name=“¡ˆä’B¶ kn-aut-sei=“¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=’B¶ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TakadaJun en-aut-sei=Takada en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=‚“c kn-aut-sei=‚“c kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Applied Chemistry Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Applied Chemistry Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Applied Chemistry Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Applied Chemistry Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=40 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=8 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2006 dt-pub=200601 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Fatigue Crack Propagation Behavior Bent from Precrack under Mixed-Mode Conditions - Noting the Crack-Surface Contact due to a Compressive Residual Stress along a Precrack - en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A testing for bent fatigue crack propagation under mixed-mode conditions was carried out using fatigue and annealed slant precracks with different slant angles, ƒÀ ,defined as the angle between loading and precrack directions in a rectangular plate. As a result, bent fatigue crack from the fatigue precrack with ƒÀ =45deg. propagated under mixed-mode conditions with mode II stress intensity factor (K(II))(est) evaluated from the discontinuous displacement measured along the crack. On the other hand, bent fatigue crack from the fatigue precrack with ƒÀ =60deg. and from the annealed precracks with both slant angles of ƒÀ =60deg. and ƒÀ =45deg. propagated under the mode I behavior. This was because the compressive residual stress near the fatigue precrack caused contact to each other between the upper and the lower surfaces of the precrack with the smaller slant angle ƒÀ . Furthermore, the fatigue crack propagation rates indicated almost the same relationship for all the data, using the mixed-mode effective stress intensity factor (K(M))(est), calculated from the discontinuous displacement measured along the bent fatigue crack. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=MaYouLi en-aut-sei=Ma en-aut-mei=YouLi kn-aut-name=”n—L— kn-aut-sei=”n kn-aut-mei=—L— aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ShimizuKenichi en-aut-sei=Shimizu en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=´…Œ›ˆê kn-aut-sei=´… kn-aut-mei=Œ›ˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ToriiTashiyuki en-aut-sei=Torii en-aut-mei=Tashiyuki kn-aut-name=’¹‹‘¾Žn”V kn-aut-sei=’¹‹ kn-aut-mei=‘¾Žn”V aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=40 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=9 end-page=15 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2006 dt-pub=200601 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Statistical Estimation Model for Product Quality of Petroleum en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Controls of the temperature, pressure and flowing quantity are important for the stable operation of the product quality in the distillation tower. The usual measuring way of product quality estimation is made by the off-line analysis. In this paper, online estimation method of product quality is studied for improving the product quality. The estimation method based on stochastic analysis was developed for online estimation. In this paper, the data of temperature, pressure and flow volum in the distillation tower are treated. As the estimation models, RNN (Recurrent Neural Net Work) and PLS (Partial Least Square Regression Method) were adopted. The actual plant data were used in the analysis. Both PLS and RNN models could compensate each other to improve the accuracy in estimation. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NukinaTakashi en-aut-sei=Nukina en-aut-mei=Takashi kn-aut-name=ŠÑ–¼‚Žj kn-aut-sei=ŠÑ–¼ kn-aut-mei=‚Žj aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=NishiTatsushi en-aut-sei=Nishi en-aut-mei=Tatsushi kn-aut-name=¼—³Žu kn-aut-sei=¼ kn-aut-mei=—³Žu aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=40 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=16 end-page=22 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2006 dt-pub=200601 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=RNN Based Auto-tuning of PID Control Gains in Hot StripLooper Controller en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this study, auto tuning of PID control gains in hot strip looper controller is made based on RNN model. Neuro emulator is employed to model the characteristics of looper dynamics. Combining neuro emulator and RNN model, auto tuning system of PID control gains is constructed. As the inputs to RNN, plural evaluation functions which reflect individual preference of human experts. Further, Self learning mechamism is embeded to RNN model which enables adaptation to the change in rolling chracteristics. Through numerical experiments, the effect of the proposed method is ascertained. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=AbeYoshihiro en-aut-sei=Abe en-aut-mei=Yoshihiro kn-aut-name=ˆ¢•”‰õ—m kn-aut-sei=ˆ¢•” kn-aut-mei=‰õ—m aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=NishiTatsushi en-aut-sei=Nishi en-aut-mei=Tatsushi kn-aut-name=¼—³Žu kn-aut-sei=¼ kn-aut-mei=—³Žu aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=40 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=23 end-page=30 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2006 dt-pub=200601 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Transfer Routing of Ore Yard by Decentralized Agent Method en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In steel works, iron ores are stored in ore yard and sent to various plants of down stream accoding to transfer requests. To attain stable operation, it is neccesary to keep a certain allowable stock level in ore tanks of all plants. To this purpose, ore transfer routing method has been developed based on decentralized agent method. In case of disaster such as a big earthquake or a big fire, damages in the facilities of industrial complex may be unavoidable. In this paper, decentralized optimization method is tested to cope with such emergencies. Decentralized agents corresponding to kind of ore make their own transfer route plan exchanging information with others. As the application of the proposed method, transfer scheduling in ore yard in steel works are made in case of destruction of transfer facilities. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KikuchiJunji en-aut-sei=Kikuchi en-aut-mei=Junji kn-aut-name=‹e’rƒ“ñ kn-aut-sei=‹e’r kn-aut-mei=ƒ“ñ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=NishiTatsushi en-aut-sei=Nishi en-aut-mei=Tatsushi kn-aut-name=¼—³Žu kn-aut-sei=¼ kn-aut-mei=—³Žu aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=40 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=31 end-page=35 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2006 dt-pub=200601 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Melting of Spherical Yukawa Clusters Analyzed by Monte CarloSimulation en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We analyze the melting of spherical Yukawa clusters by Monte Carlo simulations. Spherical clusters are expected to be found in dusty plasmas in an isotropic environment such as microgravity and serve as a model for classical clusters. We obtain the specific heat through fluctuations of the potential energy and identify its peak as the transition temperature. Melting temperatures are compared with those of bulk Yukawa systems and it is confirmed that the melting temperature increases and approaches the bulk value with the increase of the system size. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=OgawaTakafumi en-aut-sei=Ogawa en-aut-mei=Takafumi kn-aut-name=¬ì‹MŽj kn-aut-sei=¬ì kn-aut-mei=‹MŽj aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=40 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=36 end-page=39 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2006 dt-pub=200601 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Stochastic-Dierence-Equation Method for Long Time-scaleMolecular Dynamics Simulations en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We present a Stochastic-Difference-Equation (SDE) approach to long time-scale molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, which are required for nanosecond-scale phenomena. In this method, the MD trajectory in a fixed time period is obtained as a stationary solution of an action functional based on an error accumulation of the equation of motion along the path, thus reducing the problem to a boundary-value problem, instead of an initial-value problem in the ordinary MD method. We apply the method to formation processes of Cu thin film via nanocluster deposition onto a substrate. The applicability of the SDE algorithm to the problem and the effects of the choice of SDE parameters on the optimization processes of configuration pathway are examined. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=UchidaAtsushi en-aut-sei=Uchida en-aut-mei=Atsushi kn-aut-name=“à“cŒú kn-aut-sei=“à“c kn-aut-mei=Œú aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=40 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=40 end-page=43 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2006 dt-pub=200601 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Distribution of Electrons in Quantum Dots Analyzed by Classical Mapping and Molecular Dynamics en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The electron system of arbitrary degeneracy can be mapped onto a classical system where electrons of the same spin are assigned an additional interaction and the effect of degeneracy is taken into account through an imaginative temperature. We apply this method to electrons in quantum dots modeled as two-dimensional electron liquid confined in a finite domain by a harmonic potential. We analyze distribution functions by molecular dynamics instead of solving integral equations which are not so useful in the case without translational invariance. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TakashiMiyake en-aut-sei=Takashi en-aut-mei=Miyake kn-aut-name=ŽO‘î—² kn-aut-sei=ŽO‘î kn-aut-mei=—² aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Industrial Innovation Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=46 end-page=51 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Electron Dynamics in Semiconducting Nanowires: A Real-Space,Polynomial-Expansion Approach en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We present a real-space, polynomial-expansion approach to electron dynamics in nanostructured semiconductors. The Chebyshev expansion method is employed for efficient calculation of timeevolution of single-electron wave function. Details of the formulation are described. The method is applied to the electron transport in nanostructured semiconductors such as Si nanowires. The mean-square displacement and diffusivity of electron in Si chains are obtained as functions of length of the chains. The results show clearly ballistic behavior of electron in the pure Si chain. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KadonoKeisuke en-aut-sei=Kadono en-aut-mei=Keisuke kn-aut-name=–å–ìŒb“T kn-aut-sei=–å–ì kn-aut-mei=Œb“T aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=40 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=44 end-page=52 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2006 dt-pub=200601 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Generating Dense Point Matches Using Epipolar Geometry en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Dense point matches are generated over two images by rectifying the two images to align epipolar lines horizontally, and horizontally sliding a template. To overcome inherent limitations of 2-D search, we incorporate the gnaturalness of the 3-D shapeh implied by the resulting matches. After stating our rectification procedure, we introduce our multi-scale template matching scheme and our outlier removal technique using tentatively reconstructed 3-D shapes. Doing real image experiments, we discuss the performance of our method and remaining issues. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=SugayaYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Sugaya en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name=›’J•Û”V kn-aut-sei=›’J kn-aut-mei=•Û”V aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanazawaYasushi en-aut-sei=Kanazawa en-aut-mei=Yasushi kn-aut-name=‹à‘ò–õ kn-aut-sei=‹à‘ò kn-aut-mei=–õ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Knowledge-based Information Engineering Toyohashi University of Technology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=40 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=53 end-page=63 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2006 dt-pub=200601 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Uncalibrated Factorization Using a Variable Symmetric Affine Camera en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In order to reconstruct 3-D Euclidean shape by the Tomasi-Kanade factorization, one needs to specify an affine camera model such as orthographic, weak perspective, and paraperspective. We present a new method that does not require any such specific models. We show that a minimal requirement for an affine camera to mimic perspective projection leads to a unique camera model, which we call a symmetric affine camera, which has two free functions. We determine their values from input images by linear computation and demonstrate by experiments that an appropriate camera model is automatically selected. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=SugayaYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Sugaya en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name=›’J•Û”V kn-aut-sei=›’J kn-aut-mei=•Û”V aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=HannoAckermann kn-aut-sei=Hanno kn-aut-mei=Ackermann aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=40 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=64 end-page=77 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2006 dt-pub=200601 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Overview of 3-D Reconstruction from Images en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This article summarizes recent advancements of the theories and techniques for 3-D reconstruction from multiple images. We start with the description of the camera imaging geometry as perspective projection in terms of homogeneous coordinates and the definition of the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of the camera. Next, we described the epipolar geometry for two, three, and four cameras, introducing such concepts as the fundamental matrix, epipolars, epipoles, the trifocal tensor, and the quadrifocal tensor. Then, we present the self-calibration technique based on the stratified reconstruction approach, using the absolute dual quadric constraint. Finally, we give the definition of the affine camera model and a procedure for 3-D reconstruction based on it. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Computer Science, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=40 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=78 end-page=82 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2006 dt-pub=200601 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=An Eye-Contour Extraction Algorithm from Face Image usingDeformable Template Matching en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A variety of studies on face components such as eyes, lips, noses, and teeth have been proceeding in medicine, psychology, biometrics authentication, and other areas. In this paper, we present an algorithm of extracting eye contours from a face image using the deformable template matching method. Our template for an eye contour is composed of three quadratic functions for the perimeter and one circle for the pupil. In our algorithm, a digital color face image is rst converted to a binary image of representing eyes, after the region around eyes is identied on the face image by using hues and values of the color image. Then, parameters in the template are optimized by a local search method with a tabu period and a hill-climbing, so as to t the template to the eye contour in the binary image. The accuracy of our algorithm is evaluated through sample face images of students. In addition, the application of our proposal to eye shape indices is investigated in a face image database "HOIP", where recognizable dierence exists in index distributions between males and females. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=FunabikiNobuo en-aut-sei=Funabiki en-aut-mei=Nobuo kn-aut-name=‘D‰gM¶ kn-aut-sei=‘D‰g kn-aut-mei=M¶ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=IsogaiMegumi en-aut-sei=Isogai en-aut-mei=Megumi kn-aut-name=ˆéŠLˆ¤ kn-aut-sei=ˆéŠL kn-aut-mei=ˆ¤ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=HigashinoTeruo en-aut-sei=Higashino en-aut-mei=Teruo kn-aut-name=“Œ–ì‹P•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ–ì kn-aut-mei=‹P•v aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=OdaMasashi kn-aut-sei=Oda kn-aut-mei=Masashi aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Grad. School of Natural Science & Tech. Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Grad. School of Natural Science & Tech. Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Grad. School of Inform. Science & Tech. Osaka University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Grad. School of Inform. Science & Tech. Osaka University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=40 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=83 end-page=94 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2006 dt-pub=200601 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=The Orders of Elliptic Curves y(2) = x(3) + b, b ¸ F(* q) en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper particularly deals with elliptic curves in the form of E(x, y) = y(2) ? x(3) ?b = 0, b ¸ F(* q) , where 3 divides q?1. In this paper, we refer to the well-known twist technique as x-twist and propose y-twist. By combining x-twist and y-twist, we can consider six elliptic curves and this paper proposes a method to obtain the orders of these six curves by counting only one order among the six curves. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MorikawaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Morikawa en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University en-keyword=elliptic curve kn-keyword=elliptic curve en-keyword=twist kn-keyword=twist en-keyword=third power residue/non-residue kn-keyword=third power residue/non-residue END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=6 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Improving Methods of Wear Resistance in Heavy Loaded SlidingFriction Pairs en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Improvement of wear resistance and durability of machine elements with sliding friction pairs is the important tribological problems. The wear resistance has been determined with many configurative parameters, technological parameters, and operational parameters. In this study kinematics of cylindrical joint (CJ), whose motion is reciprocating and rotating, and influence of various parameters on wear resistance of friction pair was investigated. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=Vladimir I.Klochikhin kn-aut-sei=Vladimir I. kn-aut-mei=Klochikhin aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=FujiiMasahiro en-aut-sei=Fujii en-aut-mei=Masahiro kn-aut-name=“¡ˆä³_ kn-aut-sei=“¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=³_ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=YoshidaAkira en-aut-sei=Yoshida en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name=‹g“c² kn-aut-sei=‹g“c kn-aut-mei=² aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Russian Academy of Science affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=7 end-page=15 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Microscopic Surface Change of Polycrystalline Aluminum duringTensile Plastic Deformation en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Roughening on free surface of polycrystalline metal during plastic deformation is closely related to the inhomogeneous deformation in the respective grain at the surface. Uniaxial tensile tests are carried out on annealed pure aluminum sheet specimens with various averaged grain sizes. The roughening is measured by a 3-dimensional stylus instrument to examine the roughness change in both sides of specimen surfaces at each strain. The irregularities on one side are reversed on the backside, when the averaged grain size is as large as the thickness of the specimen. Discussions are made on the relation between the surface shapes of both sides adopting the cross correlation factor. The strains of respective grains are also measured from the grain boundary shape before and after plastic deformation. There are some deviations in the strains of the grains and their standard deviation increases with the applied strain. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=WangXiaoqun en-aut-sei=Wang en-aut-mei=Xiaoqun kn-aut-name=‰¤‹ÅŒQ kn-aut-sei=‰¤ kn-aut-mei=‹ÅŒQ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=AbeTakeji en-aut-sei=Abe en-aut-mei=Takeji kn-aut-name=ˆ¢•”•Ž¡ kn-aut-sei=ˆ¢•” kn-aut-mei=•Ž¡ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TadaNaoya en-aut-sei=Tada en-aut-mei=Naoya kn-aut-name=‘½“c’¼Æ kn-aut-sei=‘½“c kn-aut-mei=’¼Æ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=ShimizuIchiro en-aut-sei=Shimizu en-aut-mei=Ichiro kn-aut-name=´…ˆê˜Y kn-aut-sei=´… kn-aut-mei=ˆê˜Y aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Tsuyama College of Technology affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=16 end-page=20 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Immobilization of Photoelectric Dye on the Polyethylene FilmSurface en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=PE film was treated with fuming nitric acid at 80Ž for 20 min, resulting in introduction of COOH moieties on the film surface. The COOHfs were reacted with ethylenediamine, whose amino groups were used for linking with (2-[4-(dibutylamino)phenyl]ethenyl)-3-carboxy-methylbenzo-thiazolium, photoelectric dye (NK-5962), which absorbs visible light and converts the photon energy to electric potentials. The dye molecules were immobilized on the PE film surface and they were able to stimulate chick retinal tissues on incidence of visible light. These facts hopefully lead to development of an artificial retinal prosthesis. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=UchidaTetsuya en-aut-sei=Uchida en-aut-mei=Tetsuya kn-aut-name=“à“c“N–ç kn-aut-sei=“à“c kn-aut-mei=“N–ç aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=IshimaruSanae en-aut-sei=Ishimaru en-aut-mei=Sanae kn-aut-name=Ίۑ•c kn-aut-sei=ÎŠÛ kn-aut-mei=‘•c aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ShimamuraKaoru en-aut-sei=Shimamura en-aut-mei=Kaoru kn-aut-name=“‡‘ºŒO kn-aut-sei=“‡‘º kn-aut-mei=ŒO aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=UjiAkihito en-aut-sei=Uji en-aut-mei=Akihito kn-aut-name=‰FŽ¡Íl kn-aut-sei=‰FŽ¡ kn-aut-mei=Íl aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=MatsuoToshihiko en-aut-sei=Matsuo en-aut-mei=Toshihiko kn-aut-name=¼”ör•F kn-aut-sei=¼”ö kn-aut-mei=r•F aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=OhtsukiHiroshi en-aut-sei=Ohtsuki en-aut-mei=Hiroshi kn-aut-name=‘匎—m kn-aut-sei=‘匎 kn-aut-mei=—m aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil= affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil= affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil= affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil= affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil= affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil= END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=21 end-page=27 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Application of Neural Network to Fault Diagnosis ofElectro-Mechanical System en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, neuro based intelligent diagnosis methods for electro-mechanical control system are proposed. A self organizing map neural network (SOM) is used to classify measured data of the target system as a qualitative diagnostic method. Besides of the above procedure, it is expected to attain more efficient maintenance by a quantitative estimation of failure. For the purpose, new method is proposed using a hierarchical neural network (HNN). In the method, classified results by SOM are processed for the quantitative diagnosis. Hierarchical neural network can identify inner structure of the relations between failure causes and its results that enables a quantitative diagnosis. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TorigoeTakashi en-aut-sei=Torigoe en-aut-mei=Takashi kn-aut-name=’¹‰z’Žj kn-aut-sei=’¹‰z kn-aut-mei=’Žj aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NishiTatsushi en-aut-sei=Nishi en-aut-mei=Tatsushi kn-aut-name=¼—³Žu kn-aut-sei=¼ kn-aut-mei=—³Žu aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=28 end-page=39 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Application of Sequential Quadratic Programming Method toTemperature Distribution Control in Reactor Furnace en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In reactor furnace, due to high temperature and high pressure, data can be measured only near the furnace wall. In this paper, the way to estimate temperature distribution in a reactor furnace using measured data near the furnace walls and to control temperature distribution to the desired temperature distribution was studied. In the estimation, SQP method is employed using measured data near the furnace walls. As the result, the whole temperature distribution in a furnace could be obtained from such limited data. Furthermore, to control the temperature distribution in a reactor furnace, gas flow from multiple tuyeres and supplying material for controlling temperature distribution in a reactor furnace were determined by the SQP method. It was shown that temperature distribution in a furnace was regulated to achieve various desired distribution. Thus, it was verified that complicated temperature distribution in a reactor furnace could be controlled by combining furnace simulation and SQP method. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=IshimaruKazuhito en-aut-sei=Ishimaru en-aut-mei=Kazuhito kn-aut-name=ΊۘaŽj kn-aut-sei=ÎŠÛ kn-aut-mei=˜aŽj aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NishiTatsushi en-aut-sei=Nishi en-aut-mei=Tatsushi kn-aut-name=¼—³Žu kn-aut-sei=¼ kn-aut-mei=—³Žu aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Division of Electronic and Information System Engineering Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Dept. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Okayama END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=40 end-page=45 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Agent Based Plant Allocation and Transfer Routing of Productsin Case of Emergency en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, two problems, plant allocation problem and that of transfer routing from plants to customers, are considered simultaneously. Especially, adaptation scheme for emergency cases are checked. To solve these problems, decentralized agent based optimization procedures are used. In our study, oil production and products transfer in Saudi Arabia are treated. Through numerical experiments, practicability of the proposed method is verified. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=Al-SehaimSulaiman en-aut-sei=Al-Sehaim en-aut-mei=Sulaiman kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=NoseKazuo en-aut-sei=Nose en-aut-mei=Kazuo kn-aut-name=”\¨˜a•v kn-aut-sei=”\¨ kn-aut-mei=˜a•v aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty of Engineering Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty of Engineering Osaka Sangyo University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=52 end-page=55 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Large-Scale Molecular Dynamics Simulation of CoulombClusters: A Finite-Temperature Analysis en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Thermal behavior of Coulomb clusters in a three dimensional confining potential is investigated by molecular dynamics simulations for system sizes of 1,000 to 20,288 ions. The specific heat of the system of shell-structured 20,000 ions is peaked almost at the same temperature as the system of bcc-structured 20,288 ions with much sharper structure for the latter. The diffusion coefficient and the peak to valley ratio of the two-dimensional pair distribution function on the outermost shell are obtained both as a function of temperature. The rotational movement of each shell in the system of 104 ions is observed. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanamoriKatsuya en-aut-sei=Kanamori en-aut-mei=Katsuya kn-aut-name=‹àXŽ–ç kn-aut-sei=‹àX kn-aut-mei=Ž–ç aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=56 end-page=62 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Extracting Moving Objects from a Moving Camera VideoSequence en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We present a new method for extracting objects moving independently of the background from a video sequence taken by a moving camera. We first extract and track feature points through the sequence and select the trajectories of background points by exploiting geometric constraints based on the affine camera model. Then, we generate a panoramic image of the background and compare it with the individual frames. We describe our image processing and thresholding techniques. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=SugayaYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Sugaya en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name=›’J•Û”V kn-aut-sei=›’J kn-aut-mei=•Û”V aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=63 end-page=70 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Optimality of Maximum Likelihood Estimation for GeometricFitting and the KCR Lower Bound en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Geometric fitting is one of the most fundamental problems of computer vision. In [8], the author derived a theoretical accuracy bound (KCR lower bound) for geometric fitting in general and proved that maximum likelihood (ML) estimation is statistically optimal. Recently, Chernov and Lesort [3] proved a similar result, using a weaker assumption. In this paper, we compare their formulation with the authorfs and describe the background of the problem. We also review recent topics including semiparametric models and discuss remaining issues. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KanataniKenichi en-aut-sei=Kanatani en-aut-mei=Kenichi kn-aut-name=‹à’JŒ’ˆê kn-aut-sei=‹à’J kn-aut-mei=Œ’ˆê aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=71 end-page=81 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Method for Generating Prime Order Elliptic Curves over F(q(2c)) en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper proposes an algorithm for generating prime order elliptic curves over extension field whose extension degree is a power of 2. The proposed algorithm is based on the fact that the order of the twisted elliptic curve is able to be a prime number when the extension degree for the twist operation is a power of 2. When the definition field is F(2(40)?87)(4) , the proposed algorithm can generate a prime order elliptic curve within 5 seconds on PentiumIII (800MHz) with C language. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MorikawaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Morikawa en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Communication Network Engineering Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Communication Network Engineering Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=82 end-page=92 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A High-Speed Square Root Computation in Finite Fields with Application to Elliptic Curve Cryptosystem en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, we focus on developing a high-speed square root (SQRT) algorithm required for an elliptic curve cryptosystem. Examining Smart algorithm, the previously well-known SQRT algorithm, we can see that there is a lot of computation overlap in Smart algorithm and the quadratic residue (QR) test, which must be implemented prior to a SQRT computation. It makes Smart algorithm inefficient. The essence of our proposition is thus to present a new QR test and an efficient SQRT algorithm to avoid all the overlapping computations. The authors devised a SQRT algorithm for which most of the data required have been computed in the proposed QR test. Not only there is no computation overlap in the proposed algorithm and the proposed QR test, but also in the proposed algorithm over GF(p(2)) (4 | p ? 1) some computations can be executed in GF(p); whereas in Smart algorithm over GF(p(2)) all the computations must be executed in GF(p(2)). These yield many reductions in the computational time and complexity. We implemented the two QR tests and the two SQRT algorithms over GF(pm) (m=1, 2) in C++ language with NTL (Number Theory Library) on Pentium4 (2.6GHz), where the size of p is around 160 bits. The computer simulations showed that the proposed QR test and the proposed algorithm over GF(p(m)) were about 2 times faster than the conventional QR test and Smart algorithm over GF(p(m)). en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=WangFeng en-aut-sei=Wang en-aut-mei=Feng kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=MorikawaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Morikawa en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Communication Network Engineering Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Communication Network Engineering Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Communication Network Engineering Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=39 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=93 end-page=101 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200501 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Scheme to Classify Clouds with the Depolarization Ratio andBackscattering Coeffcient Measured by Lidar en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The optical properties of clouds were measured with a polarization Mie lidar during April, 2004 and investigated to categorize the particles detected by the lidar. The cloud layers were categorized into five types according to the depolarization ratios, as follows: (I) constant and small (less than 5%); increasing with height (II) nearly from 0% and (III) from about 50%; (IV) large and varying with the backscattering coefficient; and (V) sharply decreasing. This categorization of clouds enabled us to separate aerosols from clouds in a lidar signal. Comparison of the backscattering coefficients between clouds of types (I) and (II) suggested that the depolarization ratio induced by multiple scattering in dense clouds does not depend on the particle density. Estimation of the particle phase for the five cloud categories was also examined. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=IokibeKengo en-aut-sei=Iokibe en-aut-mei=Kengo kn-aut-name=ŒÜ•SŠø“ªŒ’Œá kn-aut-sei=ŒÜ•SŠø“ª kn-aut-mei=Œ’Œá aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ToyotaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Toyota en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name=–L“cŒ[F kn-aut-sei=–L“c kn-aut-mei=Œ[F aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=WadaOsami en-aut-sei=Wada en-aut-mei=Osami kn-aut-name=˜a“cCŒÈ kn-aut-sei=˜a“c kn-aut-mei=CŒÈ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=KogaRyuji en-aut-sei=Koga en-aut-mei=Ryuji kn-aut-name=ŒÃ‰ê—²Ž¡ kn-aut-sei=ŒÃ‰ê kn-aut-mei=—²Ž¡ aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=41 end-page=46 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Alkenylation and Allylation of Aldehydes by Using an Ni/Cr/TDAE Redox System en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In 360 females, Bone mineral density (BMD) in lumbar vertebrae (L2-L4) was assessed by quantitative computed tomography (QCT), and the values obtained were compared with the frequency of vertebral transformation or fracture as assessed by lateral scan image (scanogram) by X-ray CT. A correlation was observed between the frequency of vertebral transformation (or fracture) and lumbar BMD values : BMD under 125 mg/cm(3) was observed over 90% of women with vertebral transformation, and BMD under 70mg/cm(3) was found about 50% of them. These results suggest that decrease in BMD in lumbar vertebrae leads to vertebral transformation or fracture. Thus, measurement of BMD by QCT would be very useful in predicting vertebral transformation or fractures. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KuroboshiManabu en-aut-sei=Kuroboshi en-aut-mei=Manabu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TanakaMuneaki en-aut-sei=Tanaka en-aut-mei=Muneaki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KishimotoSuguru en-aut-sei=Kishimoto en-aut-mei=Suguru kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=GotoKentaro en-aut-sei=Goto en-aut-mei=Kentaro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=TanakaHideo en-aut-sei=Tanaka en-aut-mei=Hideo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=31 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=19 end-page=33 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1996 dt-pub=19961227 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Structure of Dusty Plasma as Yukawa System Confined in One-Dimensional External Fields en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=As a model of dusty plasmas in external fields, Yuka.wa system in a one-dimensional external field is analyzed by molecular dynamics simulations and theoretical approaches. It is shown that particles form clear thin layers (sheets) at low temperatures and the number of layers changes discretely with characteristic parameters of the system, accompanying the rearrangements of whole system from nearly equipartitioned layers to also nearly equipartitioned layers. The number, positions and populations of layers are obtained as functions of characteristic parameters. The shell (sheet) model which has been successful for confined one-component plasmas is extended to this system and results of numerical experiments are reproduced to a good accuracy. The effect of cohesive energy in each layer is of essential importance to reproduce discrete changes in the number of sheets. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KishimotoTokunari en-aut-sei=Kishimoto en-aut-mei=Tokunari kn-aut-name=ŠÝ–{“Ä–ç kn-aut-sei=ŠÝ–{ kn-aut-mei=“Ä–ç aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=47 end-page=51 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Diagnostic method for induction motor using simplified motor simulator en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, an identification method of motor parameters for the diagnosis of rotor bar defects in the squirrel cage induction motor is proposed. It is difficult to distinguish the degree of deterioration by a conventional diagnostic method such as Fourier analysis. To overcome the difficulty, a motor simulator is used to identify the degree of deterioration of rotors in the squirrel cage induction motor. Using this method, the deterioration of rotor bars in the motor can be estimated quantitatively. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=DoumaeYukihiro en-aut-sei=Doumae en-aut-mei=Yukihiro kn-aut-name=“°‘OsG kn-aut-sei=“°‘O kn-aut-mei=sG aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KonishiMasami en-aut-sei=Konishi en-aut-mei=Masami kn-aut-name=¬¼³çZ kn-aut-sei=¬¼ kn-aut-mei=³çZ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=ImaiJun en-aut-sei=Imai en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name=¡ˆäƒ kn-aut-sei=¡ˆä kn-aut-mei=ƒ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=AsadaHideki en-aut-sei=Asada en-aut-mei=Hideki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=KitamuraAkira en-aut-sei=Kitamura en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate school of natural science and technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Kobe Steel, ltd. affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Kobe Steel, ltd. END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=33 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=97 end-page=103 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1999 dt-pub=19990427 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Inspection Method by Comparing CAD Figure with Processed Image en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We propose the recognition method of bridge soldering base metal on the circuits by comparing CAD figure and input image of image processing to locate the soldering iron tip accurately to secure the high quality Firstly, three dimensional CAD assembly drawing of circuits which are assembled perpendicularly in each other is projected on an imaginary two dimensional screen which is vertical to the optical axis of the camera The projected image is used as the standard CAD figure to inspect the location of the bridge soldering base metal. The positions among the bridge soldering base metals show the line state. So this line (connecting line) is used as the reference line to inspect the location of the bridge soldering base metal. The characteristics of the standard figure are represented by the connecting line, edge line and center points of base metal. Secondly, the position and gradient of connecting line among bridge soldering base metals in the input image is estimated. And the position of base metal and assembly accuracy of circuit units are calculated by comparing the shape and position of each base metal with its standard figure based on the connecting line Furthermore, the length between the opposite edges of the base metals are calculated to inspect the positions and the assemble accuracy of circuit units. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=JindaiMitsuru en-aut-sei=Jindai en-aut-mei=Mitsuru kn-aut-name=_‘ã[ kn-aut-sei=_‘ã kn-aut-mei=[ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MunesawaYoshiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yoshiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=TanoMasakazu kn-aut-sei=Tano kn-aut-mei=Masakazu aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=OkamotoKatsuyuki kn-aut-sei=Okamoto kn-aut-mei=Katsuyuki aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=NishinoAkira kn-aut-sei=Nishino kn-aut-mei=Akira aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=OkamotoAsao kn-aut-sei=Okamoto kn-aut-mei=Asao aut-affil-num=8 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=NishimoriNaoki kn-aut-sei=Nishimori kn-aut-mei=Naoki aut-affil-num=9 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Omron Okayama Co., Ltd. affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=Omron Okayama Co., Ltd. affil-num=8 en-affil= kn-affil=Omron Co., Ltd. affil-num=9 en-affil= kn-affil=Omron Co., Ltd. END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=8 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Microscopic Observation of Plastic Deformation of Polycrystalline Aluminum by Laser Scanning Microscope en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Free surface of polycrystalline metal becomes roughened after plastic deformation. The surface roughening is closely related to the inhomogeneity of polycrystalline metals, that is, to the inhomogeneous plastic deformation of respective grains. In the present study, inhomogeneous deformation on the free surface of polycrystalline aluminum specimen during uniaxial tension is studied. The inhomogeneous deformation of grains in the central area of the free surface of specimen is observed by the laser scanning microscope, while the inhomogeneous deformation perpendicular to the surface is studied by the laser scanning microscope as well as the stylus measuring instrument. It is shown that the surface roughness and the strain of respective grains increase with the applied strain. Discussions are made on the change in the surface roughness, the strain in each grain and the slip-line angles with the applied strain. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=AbeTakeji en-aut-sei=Abe en-aut-mei=Takeji kn-aut-name=ˆ¢•”•Ž¡ kn-aut-sei=ˆ¢•” kn-aut-mei=•Ž¡ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=HualinSong kn-aut-sei=Hualin kn-aut-mei=Song aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=AkagiYasuo kn-aut-sei=Akagi kn-aut-mei=Yasuo aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=ShimizuIchiro en-aut-sei=Shimizu en-aut-mei=Ichiro kn-aut-name=´…ˆê˜Y kn-aut-sei=´… kn-aut-mei=ˆê˜Y aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Engineering and Cooperative Research Center,Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Engineering, Okayama University affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=NEC Hiroshima, Ltd., Higashi?Hiroshima affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Engineering, Okayama University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=9 end-page=19 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Ultra-Micro Hardness Testing and Microscopic Deformationof Polycrystalline Aluminum en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The evaluation of microscopic inhomogeneity of polycrystalline aluminum is performed by measuring the hardness in respective grains. The recently developed ultra-micro hardness tester is used and the effects of the test pattern, the indentation load and the indenting velocity are examined. Then, the relationship between the increase in the hardness caused by the work hardening and the deformation of respective grains are statistically investigated. The hardness testing mode in which the initial load is applied before the onset of measurement gives more stable results than the testing mode without the initial load. The test condition with the indentation load of 9.8mN and the indentation velocity of 0.2 ƒÊm/sec seems to be optimum and gives the least dispersion of the measured values in grains. It is shown that the hardness values of respective grains in polycrystalline aluminum as well as their dispersion increase with the applied plastic strain. Discussion is made on the microscopic deformation behavior of polycrystalline aluminum. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=AbeTakeji en-aut-sei=Abe en-aut-mei=Takeji kn-aut-name=ˆ¢•”•Ž¡ kn-aut-sei=ˆ¢•” kn-aut-mei=•Ž¡ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsuboiTomoaki en-aut-sei=Tsuboi en-aut-mei=Tomoaki kn-aut-name=’؈ä’qº kn-aut-sei=’؈ä kn-aut-mei=’qº aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Engineering and Cooperative Research Center,Okayama University affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=21 end-page=28 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Laser Welding of Slices of Magnetic Circuit en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In electric power industry, there is a problem of achieving stable joint in different components using high productive and efficient technologies. One type of these components is packages of slices for magnetic circuit of electric motors, transformers etc., which need reliable means for their fixing. Laser welding is proposed to solve this problem as an alternative for existing technologies. The development of the laser welding process is presented based on process simulation, study of heat history and comparison with experimental results. Laser beam additional scanning technique is proposed to improve the quality and efficiency of the joining operation. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=S.kovalenkoVolodymyr en-aut-sei=S.kovalenko en-aut-mei=Volodymyr kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=UnoYoshiyuki en-aut-sei=Uno en-aut-mei=Yoshiyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=OkamotoYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Okamoto en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=AnyakinM. en-aut-sei=Anyakin en-aut-mei=M. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=LutayA. en-aut-sei=Lutay en-aut-mei=A. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=ShubulKhaled Al. en-aut-sei=Shubul en-aut-mei=Khaled Al. kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering (Now at Laser Technology Research Institute, National Technical affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Laser Technology Research Institute, National Technical University of Ukraine affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Laser Technology Research Institute, National Technical University of Ukraine affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Laser Technology Research Institute, National Technical University of Ukraine END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=29 end-page=34 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Synthesis of Poly(ethylene-block-vinylalcohol)for Use as Amphiphilic Film Surface at High Temperature en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Poly (ethylene-block-vinyl alcohol), which consisted of both hydrophobic and hydrophilic blocks, was prepared by using polyethylene single crystals as starting material. Polyethylene single crystals reacted with fuming nitric acid resulting in long methylene chains with functional groups such as COOH and NO(2) at the ends (the chain length were almost same as the lamellar thickness of polyethylene single crystal). The functionalized methylene chains were allowed to react with 4-aminostyrene to give corresponding amides, i.e., methylene chains with vinyl groups at the ends (macromer). The macromers were extended by block-copolymerization with vinyl acetate, then saponified resulting in PE/PVA block co-polymer. The block copolymer was molded into sheets which were subsequently heat-treated in contact with hydrophilic or hydrophobic media. Depending on the media, the sheet surface changed at high temperature reversibly from hydrophilic to hydrophobic and vice versa. The surface property was fixed by quenching because both blocks were able to crystallize. Thus the surface of this material can be tailored for various purposes at high temperature, and then used in stable at room temperature. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=ShimamuraKaoru en-aut-sei=Shimamura en-aut-mei=Kaoru kn-aut-name=“‡‘ºŒO kn-aut-sei=“‡‘º kn-aut-mei=ŒO aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=MunesawaYuhji kn-aut-sei=Munesawa kn-aut-mei=Yuhji aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=UchidaTetsuya en-aut-sei=Uchida en-aut-mei=Tetsuya kn-aut-name=“à“c“N–ç kn-aut-sei=“à“c kn-aut-mei=“N–ç aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=35 end-page=40 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Scanning Probe Microscopy of Poly(p-phenylene benzobisthiazole) Lamellar Crystal en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Rigid polymer, poly(p-phenylene benzobisthiazole), formed lamellar crystals where the molecular chains were oriented perpendicular to the lamellae. It was supposed that, because of wide distribution in the chain length, the lamellar surface bristled with the chain cilia among which many voids were included. Crystallographically, this region afforded us a transitional structure from full to deficient packings of chains. The structure was analyzed using the scanning probe microscope. In the course the method for imaging one molecular chain end was developed. From the images it was concluded that an isolated long cilius did not move so violently at room temperature. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=ShimamuraKaoru en-aut-sei=Shimamura en-aut-mei=Kaoru kn-aut-name=“‡‘ºŒO kn-aut-sei=“‡‘º kn-aut-mei=ŒO aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=UchidaTetsuya en-aut-sei=Uchida en-aut-mei=Tetsuya kn-aut-name=“à“c“N–ç kn-aut-sei=“à“c kn-aut-mei=“N–ç aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=InoueTomohiro en-aut-sei=Inoue en-aut-mei=Tomohiro kn-aut-name=ˆäã’q”Ž kn-aut-sei=ˆäã kn-aut-mei=’q”Ž aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Applied Chemistry END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=34 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=12 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2000 dt-pub=20000327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Falling Snow Melting Characteristics of Warm Water Flowing along Sheet Channels Spread on a Roof en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The experiment for investigating the falling snow melting characteristics of warm water flowing along sheet channels spread on a roof was performed in Tookamachi city, Nigata prefecture from February 6 to February 7, 1995. The sheet surface temperatures at 11 positions in 3 channels were measured. A physical model for a gas-water-snow system was constructed to compare the predicted results with the measured ones. A fully spread uniform water film in the sheet channel was observed in the experiments. The experimental results elucidated that it was feasible to use warm water flowing along sheet channels for melting falling snow on roofs. The temperature drop in the sheet channel mainly depended on the snowfall intensity, atmospheric temperature and wind speed. Under the influence of the roof edge, the temperature drop in the channel next to the side edge was much larger than that in middle channels. A water-snow two phase flow or a snow covered frozen water was experienced temporarily in the lower reaches of the water flowing channel. These suggest that a larger water flow rate is needed for the channel next to the roof edge, and a higher inlet temperature or a greater water flow rate is required for a severe weather condition. There was reasonably good agreement between the measured and predicted water temperatures. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=SongBaoyin kn-aut-sei=Song kn-aut-mei=Baoyin aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=InabaHideo en-aut-sei=Inaba en-aut-mei=Hideo kn-aut-name=ˆî—t‰p’j kn-aut-sei=ˆî—t kn-aut-mei=‰p’j aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=HoribeAkihiko en-aut-sei=Horibe en-aut-mei=Akihiko kn-aut-name=–x•”–¾•F kn-aut-sei=–x•” kn-aut-mei=–¾•F aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=TakahashiTakashi kn-aut-sei=Takahashi kn-aut-mei=Takashi aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Patedision Co. Ltd. END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=34 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=13 end-page=17 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2000 dt-pub=20000327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Effect of Specimen Thickness on Aging and Fatigue Strength of Al-Zn Alloys en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Repeated tensile fatigue strength of the low temperature age-hardened Al-Zn alloys is investigated varying the specimen thickness. Fatigue strength of the age-hardened specimens decreases with the specimen thickness when the specimen is thinner than a certain thickness, whereas fatigue strength of non age-hardened specimens, i.e., pure aluminum and dilute Al-Zn alloy, does not depend the specimen thickness. The dependence of fatigue strength on the thickness of age-hardened specimen is considered to be caused by the decrease of the strength of specimen as a whole, as a result of increase in volume ratio of the soft surface layer formed after age-hardening with decreasing specimen thickness. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=SakakibaraAkira en-aut-sei=Sakakibara en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name=匴¸ kn-aut-sei=匴 kn-aut-mei=¸ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TanimotoTadashi en-aut-sei=Tanimoto en-aut-mei=Tadashi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=MatsushimaTakahisa en-aut-sei=Matsushima en-aut-mei=Takahisa kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=HosokawaNorio en-aut-sei=Hosokawa en-aut-mei=Norio kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=KanadaniTeruto en-aut-sei=Kanadani en-aut-mei=Teruto kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering, Okayama University of Science affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Okayama University of Science (Present: Daiwabo Co., Ltd.) affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering, Okayama University of Science affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering, Okayama University of Science END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=53 end-page=61 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Focusing Characteristic Analysis of Circular Fresnel Zone Plate Lens en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Fresnel zone plate lens (FZPL) has widely been used in electromagnetic antenna applications. Most analysis method based on the potential (scalar) wave approximation has been applied to a few very limited and simplified cases. The present paper analyzes the FZPL in more general form including the diffraction and transmission using the method of moments (MoM). The focusing gain characteristics in the oblique incidence as well as in the normal incidence are considered. The MoM solution using the three-dimensional vectorial formulation requires a large memory space for the FZPL as it is operated at a short wavelength. This is simply overcome by using an iterative conjugate gradient method for the numerical evaluation. The MoM solutions are compared with the other solutions. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=KimTae Yong kn-aut-sei=Kim kn-aut-mei=Tae Yong aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KagawaYukio en-aut-sei=Kagawa en-aut-mei=Yukio kn-aut-name=‰ÁìK—Y kn-aut-sei=‰Áì kn-aut-mei=K—Y aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=The Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Departrnent of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=63 end-page=75 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Nonorthogonal Tight-Binding Molecular Dynamics for Si(1-x)Ge(x) Alloys en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We present a theoretical study of Si(1-x)Ge(x) alloys based on tight-binding molecular dynamics (TBMD) calculations. First, we introduce a new set of nonorthogonal tight-binding parameters for silicon and germanium based on the previous work by Menon and Subbaswamy [Phys. Rev. B 55, 9231 (1997); J. Phys: Condens. Matter 10, 10991 (1998)]. We then apply the method to structural analyses of Si(1-x)Ge(x) alloys. The equilibrium volume and atomic structure for a given x are obtained by the TBMD method. We also calculate the bulk modulus B, elastic constants C(11), C(12) and C(44) as a function of x. The results show that the moduli vary monotonically, but nonlinearly, between the values of Si crystal and Ge crystal. The validity of the results is also discussed. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=ShinomiyaShigeru kn-aut-sei=Shinomiya kn-aut-mei=Shigeru aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=34 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=19 end-page=26 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2000 dt-pub=20000327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Energy Distribution in Electrical Discharge Machining with Graphite Electrode en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In EDM, the machining characteristics greatly depend on the energy distribution. Therefore, it is very important to clarify the energy distribution for understanding various phenomena in EDM. In this paper, the energy distribution in EDM with graphite electrode is investigated by measuring the temperatures of electrode and workpiece. Experimental analysis shows that the material removal rate depends on energy density while the electrode wear greatly depends on the adhesion of heat resolved carbon from machining fluid, and the energies distributed into electrode and workpiece are almost constant regardless of pulse duration. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=OkadaAkira en-aut-sei=Okada en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=UnoYoshiyuki en-aut-sei=Uno en-aut-mei=Yoshiyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=OkajimaIsao en-aut-sei=Okajima en-aut-mei=Isao kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=34 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=27 end-page=37 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2000 dt-pub=20000327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Depolarization properties of Asian dust (KOSA) measured hyLIDAR in Okayama in the spring of 1998 en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In spring of 1998, Asian dust was observed with a Mie LIDAR in Okayama University, which can measure depolarization ratio. Three events of intense Asian dust were occurred in the period and medially detailed structure of atmosphere was found after examining records. Asian dust was distinguished from water droplets and the possibility to study three dimensional dynamic structure of atmosphere were demonstrated. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=WeiHe en-aut-sei=Wei en-aut-mei=He kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KogaRyuji en-aut-sei=Koga en-aut-mei=Ryuji kn-aut-name=ŒÃ‰ê—²Ž¡ kn-aut-sei=ŒÃ‰ê kn-aut-mei=—²Ž¡ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=IokibeKengo en-aut-sei=Iokibe en-aut-mei=Kengo kn-aut-name=ŒÜ•SŠø“ªŒ’Œá kn-aut-sei=ŒÜ•SŠø“ª kn-aut-mei=Œ’Œá aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=WadaOsami en-aut-sei=Wada en-aut-mei=Osami kn-aut-name=˜a“cCŒÈ kn-aut-sei=˜a“c kn-aut-mei=CŒÈ aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=ToyotaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Toyota en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name=–L“cŒ[F kn-aut-sei=–L“c kn-aut-mei=Œ[F aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate school of natural science and technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate school of natural science and technology affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering en-keyword=Mie lidar kn-keyword=Mie lidar en-keyword=Asian dust (KOSA) kn-keyword=Asian dust (KOSA) en-keyword=depolarization ratio kn-keyword=depolarization ratio en-keyword=backscattering ratio kn-keyword=backscattering ratio en-keyword=range normalized kn-keyword=range normalized END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=77 end-page=95 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Molecular Dynamics of Yukawa System using the Fast Multipole Method en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In order to perform the large-scale molecular dynamics simulation of the Yukawa system, a mathematical expression for molecular dynamics using the fast multipole method is described. The model simulations are also performed to test the performance of our implementation of the FMM. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=KishimotoTokunari kn-aut-sei=Kishimoto kn-aut-mei=Tokunari aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsurutaKenji en-aut-sei=Tsuruta en-aut-mei=Kenji kn-aut-name=’ß“cŒ’“ñ kn-aut-sei=’ß“c kn-aut-mei=Œ’“ñ aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=97 end-page=135 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Abductive Proof Procedure with Adjusting Derivations for General Logic Programs en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In this paper, we formulate a new integrity constraint in correlation with 3-valued stable models in an abduction framework based on general logic programs. Under the constraint, not every ground atom or its negation is a logical consequence of the theory and an expected abductive explanation, but some atom may be unspecified as a logical consequence by an adjustment. As a reflection of the integrity constraint with an adjustment, we augment an adjusting derivation to Eshghi and Kowalski abductive proof procedure, in which such an unspecified atom can be dealt with. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YamasakiSusumu en-aut-sei=Yamasaki en-aut-mei=Susumu kn-aut-name=ŽRèi kn-aut-sei=ŽRè kn-aut-mei=i aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KuroseYoshinori en-aut-sei=Kurose en-aut-mei=Yoshinori kn-aut-name=•£‹`‘¥ kn-aut-sei=•£ kn-aut-mei=‹`‘¥ aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=34 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=39 end-page=43 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2000 dt-pub=20000327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Cytocompatibility of Silicone Elastomer Treated with Hydrogenperoxide Containing Tantalum Chloride en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Silicone elastomer was chemically treated at 60Ž for 7 days with 30 wt% H(2)O(2) solutions with or without TaCl(5) and soaked for various periods in a simulated body fluid(Kokubo solution) up to 21 days. Apatite formation ability of the surface of the silicone elastomer specimens was investigated with thin-film X-ray diffraction and FT-IR reflection spectroscopy. These silicone specimens did not deposit apatite or calcium phosphates, irrespective of chemical treatment. Osteoblast-like cells (MC3T3-El) derived from mouse were cultured on the specimens at 36.5Ž under 5%C0(2) and 95% humidity. Similar degree of proliferation of cells was observed at 7 days among three specimens, while the no treatment specimen after incubation for 5 days showed a lower degree of proliferation than the silicone treated with 30 wt% H(2)O(2) solutions with or without TaCl(5). Alkaline phosphatase activity of the cells proliferated on the no treatment specimen was lower than those of the silicone treated with 30 wt% H(2)O(2) solutions with or without TaCl(5). These results indicate that the cytotoxicity of the silicone could be improved by the chemical treatment with 30 wt% H(2)O(2) solutions with or without TaCl(5). en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=HayakawaSatoshi en-aut-sei=Hayakawa en-aut-mei=Satoshi kn-aut-name=‘ì‘ kn-aut-sei=‘ì kn-aut-mei=‘ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=ShirosakiYuki en-aut-sei=Shirosaki en-aut-mei=Yuki kn-aut-name=éè—R‹I kn-aut-sei=éè kn-aut-mei=—R‹I aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=YabutaTakeshi en-aut-sei=Yabuta en-aut-mei=Takeshi kn-aut-name=âÖ“c•Ži kn-aut-sei=âÖ“c kn-aut-mei=•Ži aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsuruKanji en-aut-sei=Tsuru en-aut-mei=Kanji kn-aut-name=“s—¯Š°Ž¡ kn-aut-sei=“s—¯ kn-aut-mei=Š°Ž¡ aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=OhtsukiChikara kn-aut-sei=Ohtsuki kn-aut-mei=Chikara aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakaAkiyoshi en-aut-sei=Osaka en-aut-mei=Akiyoshi kn-aut-name=”öâ–¾‹` kn-aut-sei=”öâ kn-aut-mei=–¾‹` aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Materials Science. Nara Institute of Science and Technology affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=137 end-page=146 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Characteristics of a Monoacylglycerol Lipase Isolated from Pseudomonas sp. LP7315 -Hydrolysis and Synthesis of Monoglycerides en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A monoacylglycerol lipase (MGL) was purified from Pseudomonas sp. LP7315 by ammonium sulfate precipitation, anion-exchange chromatography, and preparative electrophoresis. The purified enzyme was homogeneous on an SDS-polyacrylamide gel with a molecular mass of 59 kDa. Its hydrolytic activity was confirmed to be specific for monoglycerides: the enzyme did not hydrolyze diand triglycerides. MGL was found to be stable even after l-h incubation at 65Ž. The hydrolytic activity depended not only on temperature and pH but also on the type of monoglyceride used. MGL also catalyzed monoglyceride synthesis at 65Ž in a solvent-free two-phase system, in which fatty acid droplets were dispersed in the glycerol phase with a low water content. The synthetic reaction proceeded at a constant rate for approximately 24 h and reached an equilibrium after 48 h of reaction. The initial rate of the synthetic reaction depended on several factors: the type of fatty acid used as the substrate, the amounts of fatty acid and glycerol, and the concentration of MGL in the glycerol phase. To analyze the effects of these factors, a kinetic model was developed based on the assumption that the adsorption equilibrium of MGL molecules at the interface between the two phases is the rate-determining factor for the synthetic reaction. The model was found to yield a good approximation of the initial synthetic rate under various reaction conditions. The analysis suggests that the adsorption behavior of MGL onto the interface had a large effect on the initial rate of the monoglyceride synthesis. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=SakiyamaTakaharu en-aut-sei=Sakiyama en-aut-mei=Takaharu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=YoshimiTsuyoshi en-aut-sei=Yoshimi en-aut-mei=Tsuyoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=MiyakeAkira en-aut-sei=Miyake en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=UmeokaMidori en-aut-sei=Umeoka en-aut-mei=Midori kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=TanakaAtsushi en-aut-sei=Tanaka en-aut-mei=Atsushi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=OzakiSho en-aut-sei=Ozaki en-aut-mei=Sho kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=NakanishiKazuhiro en-aut-sei=Nakanishi en-aut-mei=Kazuhiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Daiwa Kasei K.K. affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Daiwa Kasei K.K. affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=30 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=1 end-page=7 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1995 dt-pub=19951228 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Method for Standardizing Parts with Integer Programming en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=A method for standardizing parts is proposed. This method aims to reduce the sort of parts for cutting the manufacturing cost and for improving specifications of parts. Two linear mathematical programming models are proposed for standardizing the parts. One model aims at cutting cost half without causing any degradation of mechanical specifications of parts. The other model aims at doubling mechanical specifications of parts below the acceptable manufacturing cost. These models are formulated in 0-1 integer programming forms. The integer programming model shows which part is common to other parts. An example is shown to demonstrate the use of the developed method. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=DongLiu kn-aut-sei=Dong kn-aut-mei=Liu aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MunesawaYoshiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yoshiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=147 end-page=154 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=The role of interhelical cleavage for insecticidal activityof Bacillus thuringiensis Cry4A toxin en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The Cry4A toxin is a dipteran-specific insecticidal protein produced by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis as a protoxin of 130 kDa. Its active form is a heterodimer of 20- and 45-kDa fragments which is generated by an interhelical cleavage of a 60-kDa intermediate at the position of Gln236 between ƒ¿5 and ƒ¿6 helices in domain I. On the other hand, Cry1Aa, which is also produced as a 130-kDa protoxin but toxic to lepidopteran larvae, was processed into the active 60-kDa fragment with no additional cleavage. To investigate the role of the intramolecular cleavage of Cry4A for its insecticidal activity, the loop between ƒ¿5 and ƒ¿6 of Cry4A which includes the cleavage site was substituted for the corresponding region of Cry1Aa. The resulting mutant designated GST-60Loop was expressed as a GST-fusion protein. A difference of the processing profile was observed between GST-60 and GST-60Loop in the in vitro digestion assay by trypsin, and the insecticidal activity of GST-60Loop was two-fold lower than that of GST-60. These results suggested that the interhelical cleavage of Cry4A promoted the toxicity against C. pipiens larvae. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=YamagiwaMasashi en-aut-sei=Yamagiwa en-aut-mei=Masashi kn-aut-name=ŽRÛ‰ëŽ kn-aut-sei=ŽRÛ kn-aut-mei=‰ëŽ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=SakaiHiroshi en-aut-sei=Sakai en-aut-mei=Hiroshi kn-aut-name=Žðˆä—T kn-aut-sei=Žðˆä kn-aut-mei=—T aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=30 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=9 end-page=17 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1995 dt-pub=19951228 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Logical Problem Decomposing Method for Decision Makers en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Decision Support Systems (DSS) have been taken as hopeful support tools for decision making for more than 20 years. There are a lot of literatures on DSS, but most of them are not so practical as the designers expected. This paper points out the crux of this situation and argues that the research on DSS should pay some more attention to the decision making activities before the model using stage. A method named "Problem Situation Decomposing Graph (PSDG)" is presented in this paper for helping the decision maker(DM) elicit the decision making problems. A PSDG is an acycle AND/OR logical directed graph, and which includes all the factors affecting the problem situation based on the DM's knowledge. The logical nodes and parameter determining methods in PSDG can reflect the DM's decision making style. This paper introduces some basic concepts of PSDG, discusses some of its characteristics, and proposes a logical adjacency matrix for PSDG representation and analysis. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=DingRonggui kn-aut-sei=Ding kn-aut-mei=Ronggui aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Mechanical Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=155 end-page=161 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Methods for Tele-Operation of Mobile Type Maintenance Robot en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper proposes a concept of a mobile type maintenance robot (MMR in shortly) that is controlled by the tele-operation for assuring the safety and health improvement of work forces. The main components of this system are the industrial robot, an image processing unit, vehicle and computers for tele-operation. Our focus is paid on a method that determine a pathway to move every places where troubles would occur. This method makes it possible that the MMR could arrive any place in the factory with three times of turns at most. Additionally, turning radius of the vehicle is considered for correcting the pathway near the corners to make it possible that it arrives to the place accurately. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=TakahashiHiromitsu kn-aut-sei=Takahashi kn-aut-mei=Hiromitsu aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MunesawaYoshiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yoshiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=WadaYatarou kn-aut-sei=Wada kn-aut-mei=Yatarou aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=30 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=19 end-page=24 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1995 dt-pub=19951228 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Principle of Biodynamic Analysis Using Human Limb Electrical Impedance en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This paper describes a new measurement method and principle of detection of biodynamics using bioelectrical impedance method based on four-electrode technique with sinusoidal constant current. This method uses a human body itself as a part of the sensor. First, we show a bioelectrical impedance measuring device and the change of bioelectrical resistance is measured in human movement. Second, we proposes a principle of detection of biodynamics based on correspondence of magnitude, form and stability of movement to impedance waveform. Hence we can use this method for the judgement of sports skill using the impedance characteristics. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NakamuraTakao en-aut-sei=Nakamura en-aut-mei=Takao kn-aut-name=’†‘º—²•v kn-aut-sei=’†‘º kn-aut-mei=—²•v aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=YamamotoYoshitake en-aut-sei=Yamamoto en-aut-mei=Yoshitake kn-aut-name=ŽR–{®• kn-aut-sei=ŽR–{ kn-aut-mei=®• aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=School of Health Sciences affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=27 cd-vols= no-issue=2 article-no= start-page=73 end-page=85 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1993 dt-pub=19930325 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Design of an Adaptive Observer to Estimate Unknown Periodical Disturbances en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This report deals with the problem of designing an adaptive observer for estimating unknown periodical disturbances. This is very practical problem because in the area of control of servomechanisms such disturbances are always encountered. When the disturbance cannot be directly measured or eliminated at the source it is necessary to perform a prediction. When a periodical disturbance is present the frequencies appear as unknown parameters and they have to be identified. In order to identify the unknown parameters, it is necessary to transform the composite system model, which contains the models of the controlled system and the disturbances, into observable canonical form. In addition, an inverse transformation is required to calculate the estimates of the present disturbances. In this report, firstly, a review of an adaptive observer for estimation of unknown periodical disturbances is presented. Later a calculation of the disturbance estimate is derived using the algebraic programming system REDUCE. The proposed method here allows to perform all the necessary transformations and to obtain the disturbance estimation without using the transformation matrix. The calculations of these transformations are complicated and, hitherto, there is no simple method to perform them. The results of disturbance estimation are illustrated by two examples. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=KroumovValeri T. kn-aut-sei=Kroumov kn-aut-mei=Valeri T. aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=InoueAkira en-aut-sei=Inoue en-aut-mei=Akira kn-aut-name=ˆä㺠kn-aut-sei=ˆäã kn-aut-mei=º aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=MasudaShiro en-aut-sei=Masuda en-aut-mei=Shiro kn-aut-name=‘“cŽm˜N kn-aut-sei=‘“c kn-aut-mei=Žm˜N aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Information Technology END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=163 end-page=168 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Development of Assembly Robot System for Flexible Belt-Shaped Subject en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We develop an assembly robot system for assembling the flexible belt-shaped subject. An image processing method is developed to recognize the belt-shaped subject. This method is able to determine the grasping point and grasping angle for piking up a subject by a multiple hands unit. CAD information is used to determine the grasping point. The multiple hands unit is developed, which is able to grasp all grasping points of a subject at a time. In addition, the image processing method is used to judge whether a subject is fastened accurately at right position or not during the assembly. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=UchiyamaHiromitsu kn-aut-sei=Uchiyama kn-aut-mei=Hiromitsu aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=MiyazakiSatoshi kn-aut-sei=Miyazaki kn-aut-mei=Satoshi aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=MunesawaYoshiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yoshiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=MatsukiKatsunori kn-aut-sei=Matsuki kn-aut-mei=Katsunori aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Uchiyama Manufacturing Corporation END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=30 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=25 end-page=33 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1995 dt-pub=19951228 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Identification of Electric Charge Distribution Using Dual Reciprocity Boundary Element Models en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Identification of unknown electric charges or sources distributed in space is made from the data observed over the field boundary using dual reciprocity boundary element models. The inhomogeneous term of the Poisson field can equivalently be expressed as the linear combination of the functions associated with the particular solutions to transform into Laplace equation. For the solution procedure, the variational formulation is employed, in which the regular boundary integral approach is incorporated to avoid the singularity. Numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the availability and the capability. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=SunYonghao kn-aut-sei=Sun kn-aut-mei=Yonghao aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KagawaYukio en-aut-sei=Kagawa en-aut-mei=Yukio kn-aut-name=‰ÁìK—Y kn-aut-sei=‰Áì kn-aut-mei=K—Y aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=169 end-page=175 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=An Image Processing Method for Handling Subject Piled in a Container en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We propose an image processing method for part handling robot for picking up subjects piled in a container. Line laser light is projected on subjects, and its external shape is detected by many segments of a line laser, and pitch, roll, and yaw angles of subject are recognized precisely. A priority rule is settled to choose one subject that is taken out. This rule is determined by considering the grasping space, the position of a subject, the movement space of hand and so on. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=UedaKiyotaka kn-aut-sei=Ueda kn-aut-mei=Kiyotaka aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MunesawaYoshiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yoshiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=30 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=35 end-page=46 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1995 dt-pub=19951228 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Finite Elements with Divergence-free Shape Function and theApplication to Inhomogeneously-loaded Waveguide Analysis en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Divergence-free shape functions are proposed for the finite elements, with which inhomogeneously-loaded and arbitrarily-shaped waveguides are analysed. The method is based on vectorial finite element formulation employing edge elements. The shape functions used for the approximation of the fields are shown analytically to be divergence-free and as an evidence, the non-physical solutions that appeared in the longitudinal component finite element formulation have been shown to be absent. To show the validity of the elements, application is made for the analysis of rectangular waveguides loaded with dielectric slab and a waveguide with curved structure. The solutions obtained are compared with the analytical ones or the solutions reported elsewhere. The degree of accuracy has been found satisfactory. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=MahmoodZaheed kn-aut-sei=Mahmood kn-aut-mei=Zaheed aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=KagawaYukio en-aut-sei=Kagawa en-aut-mei=Yukio kn-aut-name=‰ÁìK—Y kn-aut-sei=‰Áì kn-aut-mei=K—Y aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=177 end-page=182 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Cooperative Handling Robot with Human Beings en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The focus of this paper is on the analysis of delivery motion of human, development of an image processing method based on the motion analysis and development of the cooperative delivery robot using the image processing method. The proposed image processing method uses two cameras, and it uses a stereo reconstruction technique for measuring position and postures of hands. In addition, this image processing method recognize the number of fingers extending consciously, so the cooperative human beings could choose the kind of tool which he wants by holding out his hand in front of cameras. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=KankiKunihiko kn-aut-sei=Kanki kn-aut-mei=Kunihiko aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MunesawaYoshiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yoshiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=OhtaKazuharu kn-aut-sei=Ohta kn-aut-mei=Kazuharu aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=183 end-page=189 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Method for Design Production System with Multi Energy Resources en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=This research proposes a strategy for reducing both electricity charge and environmental load by considering multi energy sources. The reduction of the contract electric demand is considered, and its differential cost is used for purchasing substitute power sources. Some variables, such as the amount of reduced contract demand, and amount of electricity are generated by each substitute power source. By using those variables, we formulate a simulation model that enables to minimize the energy cost and environmental cost. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=TabuchiSatoshi kn-aut-sei=Tabuchi kn-aut-mei=Satoshi aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=MunesawaYoshiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yoshiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=30 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=47 end-page=62 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1995 dt-pub=19951228 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Regular Boundary Integral Formulation for the Analysis ofOpen Dielectric / Optical Waveguides en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Regular boundary element method is employed for the variational formulation of Helmholtz equation that governs the waveguiding problems. Like in the Charge simulation method, in this method, the source points associated with the fundamental solutions are allocated outside the domain so that the singular integrals which occur in the standard boundary element procedure can be avoided. First, the formulation is developed for the two-dimensional scalar Helmholtz problem solving for the axial components of either electric or magnetic fields. The application of the formulation is shown for simple hollow rectangular waveguide and dielectric-slab-loaded rectangular waveguide. Then the formulation is extended for the analysis of dielectric waveguides of open type incorporating axial components of both electric and magnetic fields, for the solution of the propagating modes which are generally of hybrid types. To show the validity and quality of the formulation, it is applied to a circular step-index optical waveguide and a dielectric rectangular waveguide. Very close agreements have been found when the solutions are compared with the ones obtained by different methods. One distinct merit of the extended formulation is that it has been fixed to suppress the spurious solutions which are encountered while solved by the conventional boundary element method. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KagawaYukio en-aut-sei=Kagawa en-aut-mei=Yukio kn-aut-name=‰ÁìK—Y kn-aut-sei=‰Áì kn-aut-mei=K—Y aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=SunYonghao kn-aut-sei=Sun kn-aut-mei=Yonghao aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=MahmoodZaheed kn-aut-sei=Mahmood kn-aut-mei=Zaheed aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=191 end-page=196 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Disassembly System using an Impact Hammer for the Material Recycling en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We developed the disassembly system that uses the impulsive load and disassembly tools to disassemble used appliances economically. The main components of this system are impulse hammer, a lift table and developed disassembly tools. Several types of disassembly tools are developed to punch out fastened portion on a part and cut off the shaft of screw or connection pin of IC-chip. A simulation model is proposed to explain and formulate how the fastening point of product is broken and cut. Three kinds of disassembly tools are designed. The actual disassembly system is developed by using proposed simulation models and disassembly tools. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=YoshidaTakanobu kn-aut-sei=Yoshida kn-aut-mei=Takanobu aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MunesawaYoshiomi en-aut-sei=Munesawa en-aut-mei=Yoshiomi kn-aut-name=@àV—Çb kn-aut-sei=@àV kn-aut-mei=—Çb aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=OsakiHirokazu en-aut-sei=Osaki en-aut-mei=Hirokazu kn-aut-name=‘åèhˆê kn-aut-sei=‘åè kn-aut-mei=hˆê aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=KajiharaYasuhiro en-aut-sei=Kajihara en-aut-mei=Yasuhiro kn-aut-name=ŠŒ´N”Ž kn-aut-sei=ŠŒ´ kn-aut-mei=N”Ž aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=OhtaKazuharu kn-aut-sei=Ohta kn-aut-mei=Kazuharu aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Systems Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=30 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=63 end-page=73 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1995 dt-pub=19951228 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Finite Element Analysis of Open-type Dielectric / Optical Waveguides en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Optical fibers or integrated optical waveguides have arbitrary cross-sectional index or refraction distribution. An efficient finite element method for analyzing the propagation characteristics of dielectric / optical waveguides with open boundary is presented. The propagation modes are hybrid, for which a variational expression is formulated in terms of the longitudinal electric and magnetic field components. Infinite elements are introduced to consider open boundary or to extend the region to infinity. Several specific examples are given and the results are compared with those obtained by other approximate methods. Very close agreements have been found. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=KoshimotoMarcos kn-aut-sei=Koshimoto kn-aut-mei=Marcos aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=MahmoodZaheed kn-aut-sei=Mahmood kn-aut-mei=Zaheed aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KagawaYukio en-aut-sei=Kagawa en-aut-mei=Yukio kn-aut-name=‰ÁìK—Y kn-aut-sei=‰Áì kn-aut-mei=K—Y aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=197 end-page=205 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Determining Minimal Polynomial of Proper Element by Using Higher Degree Traces en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Modern communication engineerings, such as elliptic curve cryptographies, often requires algebra on finite extension field defined by modulus arithmetic with an irreducible polynomial. This paper provides a new method to detemine the minimal (irreducible) polynomial of a given proper element in finite extension field. In the conventional determination method, as we have to solve the simultaneous equations, the computation is very involved. In this paper, the well known "trace" is extended to higher degree traces. Using the new traces, we yield the coefficient formula of the desired minimal polynomial. The new method becomes very simple without solving the simultaneous equations, and about twice faster than the conventional method in computation speed. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NogamiYasuyuki en-aut-sei=Nogami en-aut-mei=Yasuyuki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=MorikawaYoshitaka en-aut-sei=Morikawa en-aut-mei=Yoshitaka kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Communication Network Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Communication Network Engineering en-keyword=finite field kn-keyword=finite field en-keyword=minimal polynomial kn-keyword=minimal polynomial en-keyword=irreducible polynomial kn-keyword=irreducible polynomial en-keyword=higher degree trace kn-keyword=higher degree trace en-keyword=trace kn-keyword=trace en-keyword=cryptography kn-keyword=cryptography END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=30 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=75 end-page=87 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1995 dt-pub=19951228 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Molecular Dynamics of Yukawa System (Dust Plasma) with Deformable Periodic Boundary Conditions: Formulation en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Molecular dynamics of the Yukawa system, the system of particles interacting via the Yukawa or the screened Coulomb potential, are formulated for various statistical ensembles and external conditions. The Yukawa potential smoothly interpolates the long-range Coulomb and the short-range interactions by adjusting a single parameter, the screening length. In order to reduce the effect of boundaries, the periodic boundary conditions are imposed and the deformations of the fundamental vectors of periodicity are taken into account. Ewald-type expressions for interaction energy, force, and kinematic pressure are given explicitly. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=InoueYoshihiko en-aut-sei=Inoue en-aut-mei=Yoshihiko kn-aut-name=ˆäã‰Ã•F kn-aut-sei=ˆäã kn-aut-mei=‰Ã•F aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KishimotoTokunari en-aut-sei=Kishimoto en-aut-mei=Tokunari kn-aut-name=ŠÝ–{“Ä–ç kn-aut-sei=ŠÝ–{ kn-aut-mei=“Ä–ç aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=NaraShigetoshi en-aut-sei=Nara en-aut-mei=Shigetoshi kn-aut-name=“Þ—Çdr kn-aut-sei=“Þ—Ç kn-aut-mei=dr aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Faculty ofIntegrated Arts and Sciences, Hiroshima University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=35 cd-vols= no-issue=1-2 article-no= start-page=207 end-page=212 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2001 dt-pub=20010327 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=A Group Signature Scheme with Easy Membership Canceling en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=In the group signature scheme with a trusted party, a verifier can determine whether or not a signature is made by a member of the group, but cannot identify the member who signed the signature. In case of dispute later on, the signer can be identified by the trusted party. However, for efficient group signature schemes proposed so far, removing a member from the group can be not efficiently performed. In this paper, a group signature scheme with an easy membership canceling is proposed. By sending a request to use a resource together with the group signature on it to the manager of the resource, the manager can control anonymous accesses to the resource. In such an application, the proposed group signature scheme is suitable for canceling of the access privilege. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=NakanishiToru en-aut-sei=Nakanishi en-aut-mei=Toru kn-aut-name=’†¼“§ kn-aut-sei=’†¼ kn-aut-mei=“§ aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=FujiwaraToru kn-aut-sei=Fujiwara kn-aut-mei=Toru aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Communication Network Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Informatics and Mathematical Science, Osaka University END start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=30 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=89 end-page=97 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=1995 dt-pub=19951228 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Electronic Structure of Mixed Perovskite Oxides en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=Based on the tight-binding method, electronic bands of the mixed perovskite oxides are calculated in order to develop the electronic theory of ferroelectric phase transitions in these mixtures which are difficult to describe within the phenomenological theories. Diagonal elements of Hamiltonian matrix of parent materials are assumed to differ by 0.1eV and mixtures are simulated by lattices of supercells containing 2(3) = 8 or 3(3) = 27 unit cells randomly assigned to either material. The width of the conduction and valence bands have maxima and the band gap has a minimum at intermediate mixing ratio. Results are in agreement with those of other analyses on random systems and even 2(3)-cell computation seems to serve as a first approximation for our purpose. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=TotsujiChieko en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Chieko kn-aut-name=“Œ’ÒçŽ}Žq kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=çŽ}Žq aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name= en-aut-sei= en-aut-mei= kn-aut-name=SanakaYoshiaki kn-aut-sei=Sanaka kn-aut-mei=Yoshiaki aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=TotsujiHiroo en-aut-sei=Totsuji en-aut-mei=Hiroo kn-aut-name=“Œ’Ò_•v kn-aut-sei=“Œ’Ò kn-aut-mei=_•v aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering END