Journal of Information Processing and Management
Online ISSN : 1347-1597
Print ISSN : 0021-7298
ISSN-L : 0021-7298
Volume 57, Issue 8
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  • Toyoaki NISHIDA
    2014 Volume 57 Issue 8 Pages 517-530
    Published: November 01, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: November 01, 2014
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    The human society is witnessing a radical change caused by data-centralization and service copying caused by the information and communication technology growing at an exponential speed. Although people will be freed from the duty of labor ranging from the infrastructure to services, the human and society potential might be hindered due to a dramatic increase of freedom in a short time. In this article, I overview the present technological trend in the Information and Communication Technology, suggesting that it will eventually cause a shift to the AI-supported society through the technology-supported. I point out that the release from the duty of labor may bring about not only enormous freedom but also threaten the human and society potential. To cope with the new vulnerability, I will discuss how we might leverage narratives and games to develop new technologies for consolidating the human and society potential.
  • Kozo FUJII
    2014 Volume 57 Issue 8 Pages 531-538
    Published: November 01, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: November 01, 2014
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    This article describes the reconstruction of the journals published by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) having more than 30,000 members. The JSME recently experienced reconstruction of the exiting journals only after former reconstruction about 7 years ago. Keeping high quality and publicity is always a common matter of interest for any academic society. Background of the reconstruction, how the discussion goes, concept and strategy of the new journals, and other information are presented in this article, which hopefully gives useful information for all other academic societies.
  • Kenji KURAKATA
    2014 Volume 57 Issue 8 Pages 539-547
    Published: November 01, 2014
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    As older people among the population increase rapidly and social awareness of human rights of people with disabilities continues to improve, needs have strengthened for products, services, and environments that are "accessible" for all people irrespective of their age or disability. To meet those needs, products must be re-designed so that they match user characteristics and abilities. This article introduces a "Database of sensory characteristics of older persons and persons with disabilities", constructed by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) for product design. The database is freely available to the public on the Internet. This database also provides tools for using a series of Japanese Industrial Standards, "Guidelines for older persons and persons with disabilities". Since its establishment in August 2013, the database has been used by engineers and designers of manufacturers who are interested in developing accessibly designed products, services, and environments.
  • Soichi TOKIZANE
    2014 Volume 57 Issue 8 Pages 548-561
    Published: November 01, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: November 01, 2014
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    HathiTrust, a collaborative project of university libraries was discussed. It was started in 2008 by university libraries that participated the Google Books Library Project, to archive digital book data obtained from Google. It now archives 11,412,713 materials including 5,888,922 books among which 3,978,007 are in the public domain. The history of Google Books Library Project together with lawsuits and settlements was outlined. The history, current status, its contents, system, and research activities of HathiTrust was discussed.
  • Mari JIBU, Yoshiyuki OSABE
    2014 Volume 57 Issue 8 Pages 562-572
    Published: November 01, 2014
    Released on J-STAGE: November 01, 2014
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    For the sake of providing evidences that contribute to policy making or strategy planning in AMED (a Japanese version of the NIH) and pharmaceutical companies, we tried to give an overview and future prospects of pharmaceutical industry based on new indicators. Here we show the knowledge flows of the pharmaceutical innovation system, focusing on the patents related with pipelines and drugs, the patents and NPLs cited on the patents by patent examiners and applicants, and the technical fields of cited patents.
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