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Musashi University
Education•Tokyo, Japan•
About: Musashi University is a education organization based out in Tokyo, Japan. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Supply chain & Frugivore. The organization has 125 authors who have published 328 publications receiving 3844 citations.
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TL;DR: In the age of growing global populism, the continued popularity and relevance of a populist government is anchored on the ability of its populist leader to convince the voters that the primary candidate will win the election.
Abstract: In the age of growing global populism, the continued popularity and relevance of a populist government is anchored on the ability of its populist leader to convince the voters that the primary obje...
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TL;DR: This paper examined the influence of host countries' scientific research strengths on global R&D location choices by multinational firms and found that the strength of relevant university research positively affects the likelihood that host countries attract foreign research.
Abstract: We examine the influence of host countries’ scientific research strengths on global R&D location choices by multinational firms. In an analysis of 277 new R&D activities identified for 175 firms in 40 host countries and 30 technology fields, we find that the strength of relevant university research positively affects the likelihood that host countries attract foreign R&D. When allowing for firm heterogeneity, university scientific research appears only a significant factor for firms with a strong science orientation in their R&D activities. Host countries’ corporate scientific research has no systematic influence on R&D location choices. Empirical results are replicated in an analysis at the regional level covering regions in Europe, the United States, and Japan.
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TL;DR: Results indicated a common mechanism for the central pattern generator underlying orofacial movements, which would evolve to speech, and supports the pre-adaptation hypothesis of speech evolution.
Abstract: Objectives
Speech is unique to humans and characterized by facial actions of ∼5 Hz oscillations of lip, mouth or jaw movements. Lip-smacking, a facial display of primates characterized by oscillatory actions involving the vertical opening and closing of the jaw and lips, exhibits stable 5-Hz oscillation patterns, matching that of speech, suggesting that lip-smacking is a precursor of speech. We tested if facial or vocal actions exhibiting the same rate of oscillation are found in wide forms of facial or vocal displays in various social contexts, exhibiting diversity among species.
Materials and Methods
We observed facial and vocal actions of wild stump-tailed macaques (Macaca arctoides), and selected video clips including facial displays (teeth chattering; TC), panting calls, and feeding. Ten open-to-open mouth durations during TC and feeding and five amplitude peak-to-peak durations in panting were analyzed.
Results
Facial display (TC) and vocalization (panting) oscillated within 5.74 ± 1.19 and 6.71 ± 2.91 Hz, respectively, similar to the reported lip-smacking of long-tailed macaques and the speech of humans.
Discussion
These results indicated a common mechanism for the central pattern generator underlying orofacial movements, which would evolve to speech. Similar oscillations in panting, which evolved from different muscular control than the orofacial action, suggested the sensory foundations for perceptual saliency particular to 5-Hz rhythms in macaques. This supports the pre-adaptation hypothesis of speech evolution, which states a central pattern generator for 5-Hz facial oscillation and perceptual background tuned to 5-Hz actions existed in common ancestors of macaques and humans, before the emergence of speech.
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TL;DR: The authors studied the processes, strategies, and outcomes of citizen responses to elite political action at Yasukuni Shrine as well as explore meaning of their actions within the context of Japan's democratic polity.
Abstract: Prime Minister Koizumi’s six consecutive annual visits to Yasukuni shrine played a key role in initiating a new phase of domestic citizen political mobilization not seen since the early 1970s. This paper is based on field research during the Koizumi years (2001–2006) centering on domestic groups that conduct activities in “protection” of or “opposition” to Yasukuni shrine. As a study of street-based politics, this paper seeks to uncover the processes, strategies, and outcomes of citizen responses to elite political action at Yasukuni Shrine as well as explore meaning of their actions within the context of Japan’s democratic polity.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Yoshiyasu Ono | 22 | 114 | 1763 |
Tamaki Maruhashi | 18 | 34 | 1475 |
Yoshitaka Minai | 16 | 62 | 1096 |
Keiichi Kubota | 13 | 42 | 502 |
Koji Ota | 9 | 15 | 261 |
Shigeki Umeda | 7 | 23 | 184 |
Kenta Tanaka | 7 | 34 | 142 |
Kuniaki Nemoto | 7 | 13 | 112 |
Hoa Do | 6 | 13 | 114 |
Michael Intal Magcamit | 6 | 13 | 78 |
Jaewoo Park | 6 | 25 | 117 |
Yuko Nikaido | 6 | 8 | 110 |
Yusho Kagraoka | 5 | 12 | 67 |
Bun-ichi Tamamushi | 5 | 8 | 61 |
Haruaki Hirota | 5 | 14 | 74 |