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Tomotaka Fukuoka and Makoto Fujiu
In Japan, bridges are inspected via close visual examinations every five years. However, these inspections are labor intensive, and a shortage of engineers and budget constraints will restrict such inspections in the future. In recent years, efforts have...
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Takahiro Minami, Tomotaka Fukuoka, Mai Yoshikura, Taiki Suwa and Makoto Fujiu
With the aging of bridges, the efficiency of periodic inspections has become a problem. As issues with the continuing close visual inspection of bridges are surfacing, remote imaging systems are expected to become a new inspection method that replaces cl...
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Yasuhiro Fukuoka, Kazuyuki Oshino and Ahmad Najmuddin Ibrahim
We propose a mechanical design for a simple teleoperated unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) to negotiate uneven terrain. UGVs are typically classified into legged, legged-wheeled, wheeled, and tanked forms. Legged vehicles can significantly shift their center...
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Beata Majerska-Palubicka and Elzbieta Latusek
The article concerns the issue of intelligence-based design, which, during the design process undertaken by architects, signifies (according to the authors of the article) thinking about perceptual involvement in the built environment, designing together...
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Naomasa Oshiro, Kyoko Kuniyoshi, Shigeyoshi Yamamoto, Ayano Hotta, Takuma Yamada, Takafumi Suzuki, Noriko Sugita, Keiichi Matsuura, Akie Nakashima, Yoichi Anzai and Hiroshi Asakura
The consumption of a pufferfish, Takifugu flavipterus or komonfugu in Japanese, formerly known as Takifugu poecilonotus, is popular in Japan. However, T. flavipterus is frequently involved in cases of tetrodotoxin (TTX) poisoning in Japan. Although victi...
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Sarita Maharjan, Naoki Tsurusaki and Prasanna Divigalpitiya
The increasing threat of transportation energy insecurity, environmental issues and public health issues have led to a growing body of research that looks at the potential contribution of urban planning in reducing travel energy consumption. The sustaina...
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Miho Kiriya, Tomoaki Okuda, Hana Yamazaki, Kazuki Hatoya, Naoki Kaneyasu, Itsushi Uno, Chiharu Nishita, Keiichiro Hara, Masahiko Hayashi, Koji Funato, Kozo Inoue, Shigekazu Yamamoto, Ayako Yoshino and Akinori Takami
Observation of the ambient aerosol surface area concentrations is important to understand the aerosol toxicity because an increased surface area may be able to act as an enhanced reaction interface for certain reactions between aerosol particles and biol...
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Stephanus Daniel Handoko, Hoong Chuin Lau
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A recent exploratory study on the collaborative urban logistics in Singapore suggests that cost reduction and privacy preservation are two main drivers that would motivate the participation of carriers in consolidating their last mile deliveries. With Si...
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