Asia-Pacific Conference Research Articles

Editorial for IJPHM Special Issue on PHM Asia Pacific Conference 2023

Prognostics and system health management (PHM) remain crucial for maintaining various industrial systems' reliability, safety, and efficiency. However, there remain gaps and challenges that need to be addressed. The special issue compiles 12 extended papers from the 2023 PHM Asia Pacific Conference, showcasing extensive research and a wide range of applications. It showcases research findings on autonomous system monitoring, fault detection, anomaly detection, and predictive maintenance. A common theme across the papers is the balance between computational efficiency, explainability, and real-world applicability. While the research presented here is highly innovative, it also highlights the need for PHM systems that are not only robust and scalable but also transparent and easily interpretable for end-users.

Rural generalist medicine: a developing approach to health care in rural and island Japan.

Despite universal health coverage and high life expectancy, Japan faces challenges in health care that include providing care for the world's oldest population, increasing healthcare costs, physician maldistribution and an entrenched medical workforce and training system. Primary health care has typically been practised by specialists in other fields, and general medicine has only been certified as an accredited specialty since 2018. There are continued challenges to develop an awareness and acceptance of the primary health medical workforce in Japan. The impact of these challenges is highest in rural and island areas of Japan, with nearly 50% of rural and remote populations considered 'elderly'. Concurrently, these areas are experiencing physician shortages as medical graduates gravitate to urban areas and choose medical specialties more commonly practised in cities. This study aimed to understand the views on the role of rural generalist medicine (RGM) in contributing to solutions for rural and island health care in Japan. This was a descriptive qualitative study. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews with 16 participants, including Rural Generalist Program Japan (RGPJ) registrars and supervisors, the RGPJ director, government officials, rural health experts and academics. Interviews were of 35-50 minutes duration and conducted between May and July 2019. Some interviews were conducted in person at the WONCA Asia-Pacific Conference in Kyoto, some onsite in hospital settings and some were videoconferenced. Interviews were recorded and transcribed. All transcripts were analysed through an inductive thematic process based on the grouping of codes. From the interview analysis, six main themes were identified: (1) key issues facing rural and island health in Japan; (2) participant background; (3) local demography and population; (4) identity, perception and role of RGM; (5) RGPJ experience; and (6) suggested reforms and recommendations. The RGPJ was generally considered to be a positive step toward reshaping the medical workforce to address the geographic inequities in Japan. While improvements to the program were suggested by participants, it was also generally agreed that a more systematic, national approach to RGM was needed in Japan. Key findings from this study are relevant to this goal. This includes considering the drivers to participating in the RGPJ for future recruitment strategies and the need for an idiosyncratic Japanese model of RGM, with agreed advanced skills and supervision models. Also important are the issues raised by participants on the need to improve community acceptance and branding of rural generalist doctors to support primary care in rural and island areas. The RGPJ represents an effort to bolster the national rural medical workforce in Japan. Discussions from participants in this study indicate strong support to continue research, exploration and expansion of a national RGM model that is contextualised for Japanese conditions and that is branded and promoted to build community support for the role of the rural generalist.

Management of advanced prostate cancer in the Asia-Pacific region: Summary of the Asia-Pacific Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2023.

The aim of the third Asia-Pacific Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APAC APCCC 2023) was to discuss the application in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region of consensus statements from the 4th Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC 2022). The one-day meeting in July 2023 brought together 27 experts from 14 APAC countries. The meeting covered five topics: (1) Intermediate- and high-risk and locally advanced prostate cancer; (2) Management of newly diagnosed metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer; (3) Management of non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer; (4) Homologous recombination repair mutation testing; (5) Management of metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Pre- and post-symposium polling gathered APAC-specific responses to APCCC consensus questions and insights on current practices and challenges in the APAC region. APAC APCCC highlights APAC-specific considerations in an evolving landscape of diagnostic technologies and treatment innovations for advanced prostate cancer. While new technologies are available in the region, cost and reimbursement continue to influence practice significantly. Individual patient considerations, including the impact of chemophobia on Asian patients, also influence decision-making. The use of next-generation imaging, genetic testing, and new treatment combinations is increasing the complexity and duration of prostate cancer management. Familiarity with new diagnostic and treatment options is growing in the APAC region. Insights highlight the continued importance of a multidisciplinary approach that includes nuclear medicine, genetic counseling, and quality-of-life expertise. The APAC APCCC meeting provides an important opportunity to share practice and identify APAC-specific issues and considerations in areas of low evidence where clinical experience is growing.

Women in Circuits and Systems (WiCAS) Forum at Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS 2023) Held at Hyderabad (India) on 21 November 2023 [CASS Conference Highlights

Women in Circuits and Systems (WiCAS) Forum at Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems (APCCAS 2023) Held at Hyderabad (India) on 21 November 2023 [CASS Conference Highlights

News from our societies: IFSW Social workers play a crucial role in achieving SDGs – reflections from the 27th IFSW Asia-Pacific conference, November 2023

News from our societies: IFSW Social workers play a crucial role in achieving SDGs – reflections from the 27th IFSW Asia-Pacific conference, November 2023

APCCAS 2022 Guest Editorial Special Issue Based on the 18th Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems

APCCAS 2022 Guest Editorial Special Issue Based on the 18th Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems

Expert-Informed Hierarchical Diagnostics of Multiple Fault Modes of a Spacecraft Propulsion System

This paper presents a comprehensive study on diagnosing a spacecraft propulsion system utilizing data provided by the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) society, specifically obtained as part of the Asia-Pacific PHM conference’s data challenge 2023. The objective of the challenge is to identify and diagnose known faults as well as unknown anomalies in the spacecraft’s propulsion system, which is critical for ensuring the spacecraft’s proper functionality and safety. To address this challenge, the proposed method follows a systematic approach of feature extraction, feature selection, and model development. The models employed in this study are kMeans clustering and decision trees combined to ensembles, enriched with expert knowledge. With the method presented, our team was capable of reaching high accuracy in identifying anomalies as well as diagnosing faults, resulting in attaining the seventh place with a score of 93.08 %.

(Invited) Ultrafast Charge Transfer Dynamics in WS2–Au Nanohybrid System Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquid

Nanosheet semiconductor materials have attracted much attention in recent years due to their unique optical, electronic, and chemical properties for various applications such as photodetectors, light emitters, photocatalysts, and biosensors. We have fabricated tungsten disulfide (WS2) nanostructures by pulsed laser ablation in liquid. We applied nanosecond and femtosecond lasers and found the latter to be suitable for nanosheet fabrication [1]. Visible light response was enhanced by attaching gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) onto WS2 nanosheets [2]. The charge transfer dynamics in the WS2-Au nanohybrid system was characterized using femtosecond diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The nanosheet structure was found to reduce the bulk carrier property. Furthermore, modification with AuNPs was found to enhance the formation of carriers trapped deeply in the WS2 nanosheets. These findings will be useful for the design of future metal-nanosheet semiconductor hybrid systems.Reference Pankaj Koinkar, Kohei Sasaki, Tetsuro Katayama and Akihiro Furube, International Journal of Modern Physics B, 35, 2140007 (2021)Tatsuki Kokufu, Daichi Nakayama, Tetsuro Katayama, Koinkar Pankaj, and Akihiro Furube, The 13th Asia-Pacific Conference on Near-Field Optics, OL30-A13 (2022)

Preface

Organized by Beijing University of Technology, the 2023 Asia-Pacific Conference on Image Processing, Electronics and Computers (IPEC2023) was successfully held both face to face & virtually in Dalian, China during April 14-16, 2023. Part of participants who were unable to actually attend due to travel and their schedules also delivered their speeches online through VooV Meeting.During the conference, the keynote speakers were each allocated 30 – 45 minutes to hold their speeches. After speech, there was a Q&A discussion between the speakers and participants. We believe that this conference is an important forum for the exchange of information and research results among us, who come from different countries, different educational and research institutes, and different research interests.All of the papers included in the proceedings were subjected to peer-review by conference committee members and international reviewers. 86 papers were accepted as full papers for presentation on the conference and publication in IPEC2023 Proceedings. These papers provide excellent advances of current research on the topics covering Image processing, computer vision, electronic technology, machine learning, signal and information processing, applied computer science and so on.The conference cannot be successful without the efforts of all conference committees, organizers, participants. We would like to express our deep gratitude and appreciation to all involved. Many thanks go as well to all of the reviewers who have helped us to maintain the high quality of manuscripts included in the Proceedings published by IOP Publishing.Finally, we sincerely hope you enjoy the scientific and technical contents of the conference and find a good opportunity to discuss ideas and future collaborations with other researchers and practitioners from institutions around the world.Ljiljana Trajković, Simon Fraser University, CanadaXuesong Xu, Hunan University of Technology and Business & Brandeis University, USAIPEC2023 General ChairsList of Conference Committees are available in this pdf.

APCCAS 2021 Guest Editorial

Welcome to the Special Issue Based on the 17th Edition of the Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems.

New Zealand Country Report 2021

This paper summarises the activities that have taken place in wind engineering in New Zealand since 2012 when the previous APEC-WW took place in Hanoi, Vietnam. Since that date there have been considerable activities in wind engineering in New Zealand, ranging from an increase in government funding for wind hazard research, an analysis of historical wind data throughout New Zealand which has been used to update the regional wind speeds and directional multipliers for the 2021 version of the wind loading standard, and the construction of a large boundary layer wind tunnel with a computer-controlled three dimensional traversing rig at the University of Auckland that has allowed extensive wind tunnel investigations to be carried out. In addition, this period has seen a strong link to Chinese universities develop through CSC-funded research students that have come to study in New Zealand. Finally, the very successful 9th Asia-Pacific Conference on Wind Engineering (APEC-WW) was held at the University of Auckland in December 2017.

11th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC 2023) in Kolkata, India, February 18–19, 2023

11th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference (ADC 2023) in Kolkata, India, February 18–19, 2023

Women in Microwaves at the 2021 IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference [Women in Microwaves

After a decade, it was a thrill to host the IEEE Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference (APMC) in Australia again. This time, the location was Brisbane, the largest city in Queensland, strategically located a 1-h flight between Sydney and Cairnes. Brisbane hosts the University of Queensland (UQ), one of the most prestigious universities in the country. At the UQ, the Faculty of Engineering is ranked five out of five and demonstrates keen interest and success in high-frequency engineering. The gates to Australian wildlife exploration also open from Brisbane. Tourists have an easy journey to Cairnes from Brisbane. No doubt, if you had to take a long-haul, 14-h flight from the west coast of the United States and even a 9-h trip from Hong Kong, Beijing, Seoul, or Tokyo, you would probably consider visiting the Great Barrier Reef, a must-see at least once.

News, Announcements, and IASP

News, Announcements, and IASP

Comprehensive Study for Breast Cancer Using Deep Learning and Traditional Machine Learning

Comprehensive Study for Breast Cancer Using Deep Learning and Traditional Machine Learning

IOF REGIONAL 2021 8th Asia Pacific Osteoporosis Conference: Speaker Abstracts.

IOF REGIONAL 2021 8th Asia Pacific Osteoporosis Conference: Speaker Abstracts.

IOF REGIONAL 2021 8th Asia Pacific Osteoporosis Conference

IOF REGIONAL 2021 8th Asia Pacific Osteoporosis Conference

Islamic Banking Under Vision of Green Finance: The Case of Development, Ecosystem and Prospects

The Central Asia-Pacific Conference of the Pakistan Securities Commission - World Bank Group IOSCO Asia Pacific specifically examined "Bridling Islamic Finance for a Green Future" the capability of Islamic money to help environmental change relief and transformation endeavors, including the utilization of Islamic monetary instruments to fund green exercises, including sustainable power, regular assets and energy proficiency projects. It inspected the political, administrative and institutional components fundamental for the feasible utilization of Islamic means to battle environmental change. Furthermore, the meeting introduced a progression of contextual investigations on the new utilization of green sukuk to back projects in Pakistan and Indonesia, as well as the conceivable replication of these instruments in other endlessly developing business sectors. This report intends to sum up the substance of the conversations examined at the gathering. The innovative methodology no longer works inside the ongoing peculiarity of environmental change. While it has been some time since the world has perceived the significance of tending to environmental change, ongoing environment occasions have featured the requirement for pressing activity. The monetary area assumes a fundamental part given how much monetary assets expected to help environmental change alleviation and variation drives. Given the tension on open spending plans, activating confidential area finances through creative instruments becomes fundamental. There are serious areas of strength for a between Islamic money and green money. The meeting featured the genuine hole between Islamic money and green money, or all the more by and large economical money. One issue that has been featured all through has been the normal fit between Islamic money and green money considering its fundamental standards of shared hazard and manageability, which could demonstrate pivotal to supporting speculations to battle environmental change, which frequently include inventive exercises and advances. Islamic money has encountered fast development, and today absolute Sharia-consistent resources are assessed at around $2 trillion. This offers huge potential to help the environmental change plan. Decrease green financial advancement in endless monetary areas, for example, transport and energy squander. A reasonable message from the meeting was that the greener the economy, the better the environmental change peculiarity will be made do. This prompts the quest for adjusted monetary improvement programs that fit well with the essential standards of Islamic funding, which depends on the idea of Maqasid al-Shariah. Development in structures means a lot to expand the degree of subsidizing for projects that benefit the climate. The UN Commission on Trade and Development (UNSTAD) gauges that by 2030, a yearly speculation of $5 trillion to $7 trillion will be expected to support the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in non-industrial nations. There should be a drawn-out multilateral way to deal with tending to environmental change, and Islamic money can make a critical commitment by offering different funding arrangements and taking advantage of a more extensive financial backer base. Islamic green money requires a steady biological system to become quicker. The green security market has filled dramatically lately, and Islamic money has the chance to profit by this worldwide pattern. There is a misinterpretation that green bonds are more complicated and costly to issue, and this should be remedied. The green security market is an illustration of how the ordinary capital market has moved its concentration to tending to environment worries in monetary and speculation matters. The Islamic capital market section of Follows is reasonable for the distribution of the green sukuk and, all the more as of late, for the sovereign green sukuk. There are a lot of cases on how Sukuk has been utilized to help ensured green tasks. Key perspectives stick out, for example, working with factors with the execution of lines, the arrangements gave, as well as the involvement in the utilization of sukuk. Principles and rules as key structure blocks for Islamic Green Finance. The fundamental structure and environment are possibly significant drivers for defeating Islamic money and green industry. Controllers are looking for a superior comprehension of the key factors that work with the capital market environment for manageable supporting. This incorporates the improvement of manageable resource classes like green securities/sukuks, assets and records. The gathering featured a portion of the structure impedes that could end up being useful to make ready for Islamic green money. This incorporates examining norms and rules, as well as establishing a climate for Islamic green money, for example the job of global foundations and controllers in making the essential environment.

News, Announcements, and IASP

Free AccessNews, Announcements, and IASPPublished Online:March 02, 2022https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000857PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditE-Mail SectionsMoreAnnouncementsThe 55th Annual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is taking place April 27–30, 2022, in Chicago, IL, USA. For more information go to https://suicidology.org/conference/The 10th International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) Asia Pacific Conference is taking place May 3–5, 2022, on the Gold Coast, QLD, Australia. For more information go to https://www.iasp.info/apac-home/The National Conference on Suicide Prevention held by the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention (CASP) is taking place May 11–13, 2022, in Montreal, Canada. For more information go to https://suicidepre​vention.ca/events/2022-casp-annual-conference/The 19th European Symposium of Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour is taking place August 24–27, 2022, in Copenhagen, Denmark. For more information go to http://esssb19.org/The National Suicide Prevention Conference held by Suicide Prevention Australia is taking place May 1–4, 2023, in Canberra, Australia. For more information go to https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/our-events#na​tional-conferenceInternational Association for Suicide PreventionWould you like to join IASP?IASP is a nonprofit organization for those interested and working in suicide prevention. The membership consists of individuals (clinicians, scientists, crisis workers, volunteers and persons who have lost a family member by suicide) and community, national and international organizations. At this moment the membership extends over 50 countries and is affiliated with the World Health Organization as the key organization concerned with suicide prevention.The main objectives of IASP are:to provide a common platform for all representatives of the many professions who are engaged in the field of suicide prevention and crisis intervention;to allow interchange of acquired experience in this area in various countries, especially through the exchange of literature;to promote the establishment of national organizations for suicide prevention;to facilitate the wider dissemination of the fundamentals of effective suicide prevention to professional groups and to the general public;to arrange for specialized training of selected persons in the area of suicide prevention in selected training centers;to carry out programs of research, especially those which can be pursued through international joint cooperation.The activities of the association focus on the importance of sharing information, research and knowledge in order to address the issues of suicide and its prevention. The biennial congress, the bimonthly journal Crisis, biannual newsletter and the website serves as a medium for international exchange and a directory of members involved in suicidology is made available.Candidates for IASP membership may apply directly to the Central Administration Office membership@iasp.info or join IASP online at http://www.iasp.infoMembership consists of:Regular membership for individuals regularly engaged in suicide studies, clinical management of suicidal patients, and/or suicide prevention activities, and who are interested in furthering the work of the Association.Organizational membership is for national or international voluntary or other nonprofit organizations (incorporated or unincorporated) working in the field of suicide studies, clinical management of suicidal patients and/or suicide prevention activities under the terms of their governing document.Associate membership is for individuals and organizations who are interested in working toward the goals of the Association, but who are not qualified for regular membership.Please contact the IASP Central Administration Office at membership@iasp.info; on the web at http://www.iasp.infoIASP membership fees (include a subscription to Crisis):Membership feesIASP Executive Committee 2021–2024President: Prof. Rory O'Connor (UK) 2021–2024Vice President 1: Prof. Thomas Niederkrotenthaler (Austria) 2021–2024Vice President 2: Prof. Jo Robinson (Australia) 2021–2022Vice President 3: Prof. Lai Fong Chan (Malaysia) 2021–2022General Secretary: Prof. Annette Erlangsen (Denmark) 2021–2024Treasurer: Prof. Maurizio Pompili (Italy) 2021–2022IASP Council of National Representatives 2021–2024Co-Chairs: Prof. Charity Akotia (Ghana) 2021–2024 and Dr. Silvia Pelaez (Uruguay) 2021–2022For a current listing of the IASP Council of National Representatives please refer to https://www.iasp.info/council_of_national_representatives.phpFiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 43Issue 2March 2022ISSN: 0227-5910eISSN: 2151-2396 InformationCrisis (2022), 43, pp. 161-162 https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000857.© 2022Hogrefe PublishingPDF download

Managing advanced prostate cancer in the Asia Pacific region: "Real-world" application of Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference 2019 statements.

The second Asia-Pacific Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APAC APCCC 2020) gathered insights into the real-world application in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region of consensus statements from the 3rd Advanced Prostate Cancer Consensus Conference (APCCC 2019). The 4-h our virtual meeting in October 2020 brought together 26 experts from 14 APAC countries to discuss APCCC 2019 recommendations. Presentations were prerecorded and viewed prior to the meeting. A postmeeting survey gathered views on current practice. The meeting and survey highlighted several developments since APAC APCCC 2018. Increased access and use in the region of PSMA PET/CT imaging is providing additional diagnostic and staging information for advanced prostate cancer and influencing local and systemic therapy choices. Awareness of oligometastatic disease, although not clearly defined, is increasing. Novel androgen receptor pathway antagonists are expanding treatment options. Cost and access to contemporary treatments and technologies continue to be a significant factor influencing therapeutic decisions in the region. With treatment options increasing, multidisciplinary treatment planning, shared decision making, and informed choice remain critical. A discussion on the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted challenges for diagnosis, treatment, and clinical trials and new service delivery models that will continue beyond the pandemic. APAC-specific prostate cancer research and data are important to ensure that treatment guidelines and recommendations reflect local populations and resources. Facilitated approaches to collaboration across the region such as that achieved through APAC APCCC meetings continue to be a valuable mechanism to ensure the relevance of consensus guidelines within the region.