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2E04 創造的人材育成特別講義 : 北海道大学大学院工学研究院工学系教育研究センターの教育への取り組み((19)産学連携教育-I,口頭発表)

2E04 創造的人材育成特別講義 : 北海道大学大学院工学研究院工学系教育研究センターの教育への取り組み((19)産学連携教育-I,口頭発表)

Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome: A Problem-Based Learning Case.

To address the lack of medical education on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ), and difference in sex development-affected (DSD-affected) individuals, the University of Louisville initiated the eQuality project. The mission of eQuality is to promote mastery of the skills, knowledge, and attitudes required for excellent care for patients within the LGBTQ, gender-nonconforming, and DSD community. This problem-based learning (PBL) case was implemented to address both medical and psychosocial factors that affect individuals born with DSD and their families. Students complete a 10-question multiple-choice pretest prior to distribution of the PBL case and a 10-question multiple-choice posttest after completion of the PBL. They also evaluate the efficacy of the case by answering three open-ended questions regarding comprehension, competence, and attitudes, as well as any barriers to acquisition and implementation of knowledge. Along with a specific lecture and patient panel, this piece helps to incorporate more information specifically on DSD into the curriculum. The posttest average score was 20% higher than the pretest. The posttest (n = 144) had a range of 90% to 99% of students answering each question correctly, whereas the range for the pretest (n = 155) was from 29% to 94%. Based on the objective assessment and student comments, learning increased through this PBL process. Despite this clear increase in knowledge, some students believed that either societal barriers or personal barriers would prevent them from implementing their newly gained knowledge in practice.

North Korean refugee doctors' preliminary examination scores.

PurposeAlthough there have been studies emphasizing the re-education of North Korean (NK) doctors for post-unification of the Korean Peninsula, study on the content and scope of such re-education has yet to be conducted. Researchers intended to set the content and scope of re-education by a comparative analysis for the scores of the preliminary examination, which is comparable to the Korean Medical Licensing Examination (KMLE).MethodsThe scores of the first and second preliminary exams were analyzed by subject using the Wilcoxon signed rank test. The passing status of the group of NK doctors for KMLE in recent 3 years were investigated. The multiple-choice-question (MCQ) items of which difficulty indexes of NK doctors were lower than those of South Korean (SK) medical students by two times of the standard deviation of the scores of SK medical students were selected to investigate the relevant reasons.ResultsThe average scores of nearly all subjects were improved in the second exam compared with the first exam. The passing rate of the group of NK doctors was 75%. The number of MCQ items of which difficulty indexes of NK doctors were lower than those of SK medical students was 51 (6.38%). NK doctors’ lack of understandings for Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures, Therapeutics, Prenatal Care, and Managed Care Programs was suggested as the possible reason.ConclusionThe education of integrated courses focusing on Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures and Therapeutics, and apprenticeship-style training for clinical practice of core subjects are needed. Special lectures on the Preventive Medicine are likely to be required also.

The 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Teratology Society: New Developments and Future Perspectives of Teratology Study – Translational Study to Link Teratology to Nutrition: Overview

The 56th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Teratology Society: New Developments and Future Perspectives of Teratology Study – Translational Study to Link Teratology to Nutrition: Overview

The 31st International Congress, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 2000

The 31 st session of the International Geological Congress was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 6- 17, 2000, in consortium with other South American countries, under the sponsorship of the International Union of Geological Sciences, the Brazilian Ministries of Mines and Energy and Science and Technology, through their different agencies and Research Institutes, by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, the Brazilian Geological Society and other Geo-Societies, in cooperation with many technical and scientific institutions, universities, industrial organizations and government bodies, and support of the Rio de Janeiro State Government and City Council. This large gathering of the IGC family in the 20 th Century was the first IGC session ever held in South America since the first meeting in Paris 1878. More than 4,000 earth scientists and students, 112 exhibitors as well as many accompanying members and guests from 110 countries, met at the Rio de Janeiro Convention Center, located 45 minutes from downtown and Copacabana beach. The daily transit to the Centre offered them the opportunity of seeing some of the most beautiful beaches and scenery in the world. The Scientific Program focused on the Congress main theme: Geology and Sustainable Development: Challenges for the Third Millennium, including 9 Colloquia whose presentations were provided digitally, 4 Special Lectures, 72 Special Symposia, 159 General Symposia, over 2,800 Poster Presentations, 8 Short Courses and Workshops, with the participation of top scientists from over the world. 5750 abstracts were received and all were included and offered to the members present in a CD-ROM. 28 Field Trips were run before, during and after Congress, covering the main Brazilian geological sites and mineral deposits, some extending to Bolivia, Argentina and Chile, with the participation of about 600 people. The main publication, a review book on Tectonic Evolution of South America, with 25 chapters, ca. 70 authors and 800 pages was prepared and launched at the Congress. In addition a special issue of the Revista Brasileira de Geociencias (now Brazilian Journal of Geology) was also distributed, with 134 full papers presented at the Congress.

Assessing the learning potential of an interactive digital game versus an interactive-style didactic lecture: the continued importance of didactic teaching in medical student education.

Games with educational intent offer a possible advantage of being more interactive and increasing learner satisfaction. We conducted a two-armed experiment to evaluate student satisfaction and content mastery for an introductory pediatric radiology topic, taught by either an interactive digital game or with a traditional didactic lecture. Medical students participating in a fourth-year radiology elective were invited to participate. Student cohorts were alternatively given a faculty-supervised 1h session playing a simple interactive digital Tic-tac-toe quiz module on pediatric gastrointestinal radiology or a 1h didactic introductory lecture on the same topic. Survey questions assessed the learners' perceived ability to recall the material as well as their satisfaction with the educational experience. Results of an end-of-rotation exam were reviewed to evaluate a quantitative measure of learning between groups. Survey responses were analyzed with a chi-squared test. Exam results for both groups were analyzed with a paired Student's t-test. Students in the lecture group had higher test scores compared to students in the game group (4.0/5 versus 3.6/5, P = 0.045). Students in the lecture group reported greater understanding and recall of the material than students in the game group (P < 0.001 and P = 0.004, respectively). Students in the lecture group perceived the lecture to be more enjoyable and a better use of their time compared to those in the game group (P = 0.04 and P < 0.001, respectively). There was no statistically significant difference between the lecture and game group in ability to maintain interest (P = 0.187). In comparison to pre-survey results, there was a statistically significant decrease in interest for further digital interactive materials reported by students in the game group (P = 0.146). Our experience supported the use of a traditional lecture over a digital game module. While these results might be affected by the specific lecture and digital content in any given comparison, a digital module is not always the superior option.

39th and 40th Annual Meetings of the Japanese Society for Biomedical Mass Spectrometry (JSBMS): New Applications of Mass Spectrometry in Biomedicine.

Aims and Topics Although this meeting had no special theme, there was general interest in advanced pathology diagnosis, a major interest of the Society, covering a variety of biomedical applications. Over 250 participants attended the meeting, an increase compared with the previous year. The program comprised one special lecture, one invited talk, one Encouragement Award Lecture, four symposiums comprising a total of 12 presentations, 49 general subject papers (seven oral and 42 poster presentation), a technical workshop (eight papers), and two luncheon seminars. In addition, more than 100 students attended a training session organized by JSBMS on health care and mass spectrometry with the purpose of obtaining “Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Certification”. The JSBMS annual meeting has as principal audience doctors and researchers in basic and clinical medicine, who account for over 80% of Society membership, and researchers in the development of mass spectrometry instrumentation and techniques (11 %).

特別講演「Web世論と著作権の新たなリスク」（福井健策）を聴講して

特別講演「Web世論と著作権の新たなリスク」（福井健策）を聴講して

11th Edoardo Amaldi Conference on Gravitational Waves (AMALDI 11)

The 11th Amaldi Conference on gravitational waves was held from June 21 to 26, 2016 in Gwangju, Korea. This meeting was sponsored by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), Korean Astronomical Society, Korean Physical Society, Korean Federation of Science and Technology (KOFST), National Research Foundation (NRF), Korea Tourism Organism, and Gwangju Convention Bureau.More than 150 scientists from 26 countries attended the 11th Amaldi Confernece. Although there was an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) just before the conference, there were very little cancellations. There was no incident related to the MERS disease.The scientific program, including the list of the invited plenary speakers, was arranged by the Gravitational Wave International Committee (GWIC) chaired by Eugenio Coccia. Most of the communication between the GWIC and the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) was handled by Stan Whitcomb, general secretary of the GWIC. There were 10 plenary sessions and 13 parallel sessions. Two plenary sessions were held each morning from Monday to Friday while the afternoon was devoted to parallel sessions. A special lecture for the participants of the meeting on ultra-high intensity lasers was delivered by Chang Hee Nam, director of the Center for Relativistic Laser Science located at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology. Bernard Schutz gave a public talk entitled “Listening to Black Holes and the Big Bang - the Oldest Concert of the Universe” in the evening on June 23. More than 250 students and general public attended this talk.Most of the topics ranging from detector instruments, data analysis, to astrophysics and source modeling were covered in 10 invited talks, 67 contributed oral presentations, and 39 posters.After the conference, we invited all participants to submit written papers for proceedings. We received 35 papers and went through the peer review process and accepted 34 papers for publications. We are grateful to the referees for their careful review and useful comments.The 11th Amaldi Conference will be remembered as the last one before the first detection of gravitational wave event, GW150914. We hope that gravitational wave science will become much more mature with this detection and the forthcoming Amaldi conferences will continue to provide a most extensive venue for communication among the scientists working on various aspects of gravitational waves.

HIV/AIDS risk perception and behavior of college students of the Metekel Zone, Benishangul Gumuz regional state, Ethiopia

ABSTRACTSexual and reproductive health problems are the main causes of death, disability and disease among young people in the world, particularly in Africa. The objective of this study was to assess human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) risk perception and behavior, and factors associated with risk perception, among college students of the Metekel Zone, Ethiopia. An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was used. The data were collected using a pretested and self-administered questionnaire, were entered into EPI INFO version 6 and exported into Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16 for analysis. Variables with p < 0.02 in the bivariate logistic regression were entered to multivariate logistic regression and variables with p < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. Three hundred and eighty-eight students were participated. Total 43% of respondents (50.70% males and 34.10% females) had had sex. About 48.81% of the sexually active respondents reported that they had had sexual intercourse with two or more partners. About 16.49% of study participants perceived themselves at risk of getting HIV/AIDS and the most frequently, cited reasons for perceiving oneself at risk were having sex without a condom, having multiple sexual partners and having sex with commercial sex workers (CSW). Chewing khat (adjusted OR = 3.54, 95% CI: 1.45‒8.63); being willing to undergo voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) (adjusted OR = 4. 30, 95% CI: 1.09‒16.88); having seen a person infected/dead of HIV (adjusted OR = 4.23, 95% CI: 1.36‒13.13) and having multiple sexual partners (adjusted OR = 6.10, 95% CI: 2.40‒15.44) were significantly associated with HIV risk perception. The risk perception of HIV/AIDS among the college students was low despite their involvement in different risky sexual behaviors. The government should use mass media techniques, such as television, radio, mobile services and posters to spread information on HIV transmission prevention among college students, especially information on the importance of condom use, minimizing the number of sexual partners and VCT. College administrations need to disseminate information through special lectures, and group discussions about khat chewing, HIV/AIDS and VCT.

A Case Study of Convergence Classes for Improving Capability of Achievement Motivation and Attitudes toward Acceptance of Disabilities in University Students: Focusing on the Prospective Audiologists, General Teachers, Special Education Teachers and Social Service Workers

Purpose: This research aimed to identify the effects of convergence education and suggest the basic data to nurture innovative and collaborative human resources by analyzing the differences of the achievement motivation capability and the attitudes toward acceptance of disabilities of university students between before and after the convergence classes under the title of ‘Understanding Children with Disabilities’. Methods: The subjects are 127 second year students in five departments regarding integrated education of children with and without disabilities (department of speech-language pathology and audiology; early childhood education; early childhood special education; elementary special education; and social welfare) of N University located in G city. The classes were given in the form of textbook-based curriculum, field trainings (volunteer activities related to the improvement of awareness of disabilities and human rights of people with disabilities) and special lectures by invited experts by sufficiently reflecting the core principles (autonomy, bridgeability, contextuality and diversity) of convergence education. Results: As a result of analysis, the score after the convergence class of achievement motivation capability and attitudes toward the acceptance of disabilities of the university students was higher than the score of the test before the class, having statistically significant differences. Conclusion: This study holds significance as it discovered that the convergence class of ‘Understanding of Children with Disabilities’ is a curriculum subject to improve achievement motivation capability and attitudes toward the acceptance of disabilities of the university students, who are the prospective specialists in education, rehabilitation and welfare of people with disabilities.

Presidential Lecture / Special Lecture / ASH Special Lecture / EHA Special Lecture / JSH Award Lecture.

Presidential Lecture / Special Lecture / ASH Special Lecture / EHA Special Lecture / JSH Award Lecture.

Geotechnical works of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Project

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Bridge Project, being situated in the waters of Lingdingyang of the Pearl River Estuary, is a mega sea-crossing infrastructure project currently under construction in the Pearl River Delta of China. It consists of a series of bridges, sub-sea tunnels, viaducts and artificial islands connecting the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ("Hong Kong"), Zhuhai City of Guangdong Province ("Zhuhai") , and the Macao Special Administrative Region ("Macao"), three major cities situated on the Pearl River Delta of China. The functions of the Project are: (1) to meet the demand of passenger and cargo interflows among Hong Kong, Mainland China (particularly the western Pearl River Delta region) and Macao; (2) to establish a new land transport link between the east and west banks of Pearl River; and (3) to enhance the economic and sustainable development of the three major cities in the Pearl River Delta region. The geotechnical works associated with the Project, including reclamations, onshore and offshore foundations, sub-sea tunnels, artificial islands, earth retaining structures and roadworks are extensive, large-scale, diversified, challenging and complex. In this special lecture, the background of the mega project and pertinent geotechnical works of the Project, in particular components contributed by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government ("HKSARG"), are described. Moreover, green measures implemented to reduce environmental impacts during the design and construction stages of the Project are also presented.

The 22nd General Meeting of the Japan Society of Health Sciences of Mind and Body: Special lecture, Symposium lecture, General oral presentation abstract

The 22^nd General Meeting of the Japan Society of Health Sciences of Mind and Body: Special lecture, Symposium lecture, General oral presentation abstract

The 21st General Meeting of the Japan Society of Health Sciences of Mind and Body: Special lecture, General oral presentation abstract

The 21^st General Meeting of the Japan Society of Health Sciences of Mind and Body: Special lecture, General oral presentation abstract

Creative Product Marketing Strategies in Herbal Cosmetics of Thai SME in Bangkok Metropolitan

This paper is focusing on Creative Product Marketing Strategies in Herbal Cosmetics of Thai SME in Bangkok Metropolitan aims for study factors that influence model of marketing strategies which comprise of independence variables and dependence variables. Independence variables referred to creative product variables such as: 1. demand condition 2. firm structure 3. factors condition while dependence variables are supporting industries or as marketing strategies. Demand condition composes of product design that relevant to market, product and consumer circumstances. Firm structure are product design policy whether company choose to be a leader, follower, benefits or production oriented when compete in the market. Factors condition are the classification of SME herbal cosmetics, those are OTOP categories A, B, C or D. The intervening variables are chances; here refer to specific of health issues in trend of health awareness that can effect to change in marketing strategies, when extraneous variables are government support while government policy or staffs in administrative level may change with times. Research methodology using gathering and composing data from literature reviewed, summarized and analyst relationship variables from strategic plan, depth-interview and special lecture.

Announcing 2016 Qualifying Examination for Information Specialists / Guide to 2016 Qualifying Examination for Information Specialists / Seminar for the 2016 Qualifying Examination for Information Specialists 2nd Grade / Join the 18th INFOPRO Symposium / Attend the Special Lecture at the 18th INFOPRO Symposium

Announcing 2016 Qualifying Examination for Information Specialists / Guide to 2016 Qualifying Examination for Information Specialists / Seminar for the 2016 Qualifying Examination for Information Specialists 2nd Grade / Join the 18th INFOPRO Symposium / Attend the Special Lecture at the 18th INFOPRO Symposium

Announcing 2016 Qualifying Examination for Information Specialists / Guide to 2016 Qualifying Examination for Information Specialists / Join the 13th INFOPRO Symposium / Attend the Special Lecture at the 13th INFOPRO Symposium / Notice of Office Move

Announcing 2016 Qualifying Examination for Information Specialists / Guide to 2016 Qualifying Examination for Information Specialists / Join the 13th INFOPRO Symposium / Attend the Special Lecture at the 13th INFOPRO Symposium / Notice of Office Move

産学連携による工学教育の更なる振興に向けた一提案

Promoting engineering education by academia industry collaboration is the original mission of JSEE. It has been kept and challenged for more than sixty years. The importance of engineering education was further elevated by the persisting trade deficit of Japan in the past several years. To raise engineers to answer the true needs of Japanese industries, what should be taught and why they should be taught are the two most important things the Japanese industries should tell to the Japanese academia. Based on the discussion in “Kanto Salon” , an annual meeting of KTSEE, Kanto Society for Engineering Education, and a careful study of existing activities on this theme outside KTSEE, the following new academia industry collaboration is proposed in this paper. (1) Comprehensive development of a standardized curriculum containing reasons why those subjects should be taught. (2) Early development of a specific lecture for Japanese engineering schools. (3) Collaboration with other institutes to develop it.