Why does the public sector accounting reform take so much time in Japan compared with other countries? The argument for the necessity for reform was made long ago, yet why have the desired results not been seen until now? The aim of this paper is to answer these questions and to find out key to possible effective reform. Based on the survey carried...
超精密中性子集束ミラーによる電極界面のナノ構造解析技術の実用化 --測定精度の劇的な向上に向けた大きなマイルストーン--. 京都大学プレスリリース. 2020-10-28. / Neutron reflectometry (NR) is a powerful tool for providing insight into the evolution of interfacial structures, for example via operando measurements for electrode–electrolyte interfaces, with a spatial resolution of nanometres. The time resolution of NR, whi...
A picture on the molecular level describing the deformation and the following relaxation of κ-carrageenan chains has been proposed based on the three-domain structural model for κ-carrageenan films and on the idea of the modified stress-optical rule. The uniaxial tensile and the relaxation behavior for dry and moist κ-carrageenan films has been exa...
A new species of the pontogeneiid amphipod Paramoera shakotanensis from the mouth of Horonaifu River, Hokkaido, Japan, is described. Paramoera shakotanensis sp. nov. can clearly be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following features: large eyes, deep antennal sinus without sharp incision, epimeral plate 3 with smooth posteri...
This study proposes a change in the approach to evaluating disaster risk reduction (DRR) education from short-term knowledge transfer to a long-term action-oriented approach. Furthermore, the study recommends introducing a chronological and progressive evaluation method that follows learners in DRR education from the beginning, rather than evaluati...
This paper aims to introduce an effective methodology for communicating a science-based tsunami risk scenario to non-expert citizens through consensus-making between disaster experts and non-experts, with the aid of four-way split-screen movie clips depicting evacuation scenarios. Action research on tsunami education in Zihuatanejo, Mexico found th...
A series of equimolar mixtures of 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium halide ([C₂C₁im]X: X⁻ = F⁻, Cl⁻, Br and I⁻) and ethylene glycol (EG) are studied by ¹H NMR and IR spectroscopies. The chemical shifts for the protons in EG and imidazolium ring shift towards the downfield in the order of F⁻ >> Cl⁻ > Br⁻ > I⁻, owing to the strength of their respective X…H...
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are a topic of significant research interest in the field of renewable energy as well as organic electronics. The crucial issue in OPVs is the improvement of the power conversion efficiency (PCE). In addressing this issue, one of the most important factors is the photon energy loss (Eloss), which is defined as the diffe...
