MACRO REVIEW
Online ISSN : 1884-2496
Print ISSN : 0915-0560
ISSN-L : 0915-0560
Volume 30, Issue 1
Displaying 1-4 of 4 articles from this issue
  • - Regional Disparities of Residential Houses -
    Nobuo HIROHATA
    2018 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 1-4
    Published: 2018
    Released on J-STAGE: November 22, 2018
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    The living environment of Cambodia has been improving under the high economic growth since the middle of 1990s, though deadbeat after the civil war since 1970s. In rural areas, the number of traditional houses made by thatched roofs and walls of bamboo has been decreasing; replaced with houses made by tin roofs and walls of wood. However, the urban-type houses made by concrete roofs and walls with ceramic tiles are very rare, and the regional disparities of living environment between urban and rural areas are still large.

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  • Shinya KAKUTA, Hajime NISHIMURA
    2018 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 5-16
    Published: 2018
    Released on J-STAGE: November 22, 2018
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      The authors discuss results of research with interviews or questionnaires on business needs, focused on data of down-scaling climate variation prediction and past meteorological re-analysis, having undertook Data Integration and Analysis System Program (DIAS-P). The results show that major needs are related to support of using these data. Anticipated user supports are allocation of staff familiar with business deals, the clarification and proxy of contracts and rights, and the access to and trial use of samples. Depending on capability of developing applications, required user supports are classified. Companies insufficient for application development needs collaborative research, while think tanks and IT companies needs concierges under non-disclosure agreement.

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  • Hiroshi YAGITA, Masakuni YAMASHITA
    2018 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 17-22
    Published: 2018
    Released on J-STAGE: November 22, 2018
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      For the High Bio Diesel (HiBD) process, a new biodiesel synthesis method, Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) analysis was conducted based on the actual performance data of the demonstration plant and the scenario data assuming a commercial plant. When comparing energy consumption, fossil resource consumption, and GHG emissions for HiBD and FAME, various reduction effects of HiBD and FAME toward diesel fuel were comparable. Regarding the raw material of HiBD, it was confirmed that various reductions were larger in the order of centrifuged oil, waste cooking oil, and crude palm oil (CPO).

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  • Shinya KAKUTA
    2018 Volume 30 Issue 1 Pages 23-25
    Published: 2018
    Released on J-STAGE: November 22, 2018
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      Data are to be distributed under private autonomy. Data usage could be protected or controlled, once data were declared as trade secrets under a contract. This paper summarized the requirements of trade secrets.

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