Silicon neuronal networks are an electronic circuit version of the nervous system. They are a network of silicon neuron and synapse circuits that correspond to the neuronal cell and the synapse, respectively, which simulates the electrophysiological activities in the nervous system in real time or faster. Such circuits are expected to inherit advantages in the nervous system including ultra-low power consumption and learning ability with small amount of data. The basic principle of the information processing in the nervous system has not been elucidated yet and the silicon neuronal networks are expected to contribute this problem form the standpoint of the "analysis by synthesis". Thus, modeling is most important for the silicon neuronal networks in these days and there are several approaches, which are briefly illustrated in this manuscript.

The frequency of the electric grid keeps balance by adjusting the output of the power plants according to the consumer's demand. In recent years, efforts as "demand response" are undertaken this adjustment by controlling their demand, and related technical demonstrations and related regulations are being integrated in Japan. At the beginning of this paper, the significance of demand response and the stream of electric regulations in Japan are introduced. Secondary, the example of Osaka Gas' efforts is shown such as "Smart Energy Network" and other national projects. Finally, the preparation work related to demand response is mentioned for upcoming balancing market.

There are some turning points in the life cycle of researchers. Continuous education for research integrity is necessary for leaders and managers of research in addition to that for researchers to enforce research. The training system is also required for people in charge of the education for research integrity in research institutes to develop their skills. The education for research integrity for everyone surrounding research is important to guarantee the human rights of researchers and to encourage good research practices, and it is the fundamental requirement to understand principle called "preponderance of evidence" and "guidelines for the handling cases of research misconduct" definitely. Prevention from the abuse allegation of research misconduct is another issue to maintain the safe research environment promoting research safely. Therefore, it is necessary to establish systematic education system for research integrity considering a function and an education object considering above.

Recently, many local governments in Japan have put effort into sightseeing. And big data analysis using mobile phones and smartphones is gaining attention for grasping the trends and the flows of tourists. This thesis deals with "dynamic population" by " Mobile Spatial Statistics" provided by NTT docomo. While reviewing the "static population" by the national census, this paper presents the idea of "Away Population" as a view of the dynamic population, considers the significance and possibility of grasping "Away Population", and makes recommendations for utilization in the future administration management, specifically, while raising examples of Shizuoka prefecture, Fuchu city, and Saitama prefecture.

The recently launched "Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)" is a new journal citation index database available in the "Web of Science Core Collection" on the "Web of Science" scholarly information platform provided by Clarivate Analytics. This article outlines the history of this new citation index and explains the latest journal evaluation and selection processes. In addition, it shows the difference between ESCI and the Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index editions in terms of selection criteria and its relationship to the Journal Citation Reports. The ESCI journal selection criteria is a subset of the selection criteria for the other three journal index editions, providing a complimentary collection of journals in the Web of Science Core Collection.