A seamless geological map was created with a unified legend at the scale of 1:200000 covering the whole of Japan. This seamless map was based on the harmonization of regional geological maps made in various ages. A research scenario from basic geological research to Information Technology (IT) for distribution of digital geological maps was designed. The Type 2 Basic Research was proposed to distribute the interoperable data set of geological maps, which were transformed from the results of the Type 1 Basic Research on geological mapping. Seamless geological mapping was finally proposed as a full research program in geological research field.

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There is an urgent need to improve the lifestyle and efficiency of industrial energy use to solve energy and environmental problems, now approaching critical level. New thermoelectric oxides possessing high durability at high temperature and high safety were discovered and a prototype of small-sized cogeneration systems working at the temperature range between 773K and 1173 K was developed in collaboration with a private company. Thermoelectric modules composed of oxide devices, which have pipe-type shapes, were constructed using Ag electrodes, paste and stainless steel pipes. Water flowed inside the stainless steel pipe for cooling. Power generation experiment was carried out. The module generated electric power of 0.27 W and hyper heated steam simultaneously by inserting the module into a water boiler of natural gas combustion type.

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A new collaborative communication system: qwikWeb is proposed. The qwikWeb is carefully designed to enable everyone to develop and manage his/her own collaboration site where every member can communicate and construct knowledge seamlessly. A strategy to achieve "Full Research" for realizing such collaboration system is also shown. The qwikWeb is designed, developed and opened for public use by a Web server. The detailed analysis of the qwikWeb usage and the effectiveness are mentioned.

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This paper proposes a framework for theoretical and systematic study of service engineering. In the framework, a service is called primitive service when a human (donor) offers a service to another human (receptor), and service effect occurs when a receptor receives the donated service. The primitive service is unrelated to economy. Conventional service is amplified primitive service by some media. Service industry is generated by the amplification and networking of primitive services in economical society.

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One of the most powerful means for the identification of protein networks is LC (liquid chromatography) based electrospray LC-MS/MS (tandem mass spectrometry). Even with such high-tech devices, large-scale protein interaction analysis is still a challenge. To enhance the sensitivity and resolution of LC-MS/MS analysis, we have developed a novel LC-MSMS system with direct nano-scale flow control. Using this system, we discovered new interactions of disease-related or causative proteins, uncovering precise molecular mechanisms of several diseases for drug discovery.

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AD (aerosol deposition) method is a newly developed spray coating of powder materials. High density consolidation of ceramic powder can be obtained at room temperature without sintering at high temperature. In a rapid and low cost production system (named as on-demand production system), a high performance optical micro scanner was fabricated using AD method for formation of piezoelectric thick layer, ink-jet printing for metal wiring and mechanical punching for structuring of micro scanner. The improvement of device performance, the reduction of energy-consumption and process steps will be simultaneously achieved, leading to reduction of production cost of the functional devices remarkably.

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