The data processing language in a graphical software tool that manages sequence annotation data from genome databases should provide flexible functions for the tasks in molecular biology research. Among currently available languages we adopted the programming language. It fulfills our requirements to perform computational tasks for sequence map layouts, i.e. the handling of data containers, symbolic reference to data, and a simple programming syntax. Upon importing a foreign file, the original data are first decomposed in the language while maintaining the original data schema. The converted data are parsed by the interpreter and the contents are stored in our data warehouse. Then, portions of annotations are selected and arranged into our catalog format to be depicted on the sequence map. Our sequence visualization program was successfully implemented, embedding the language for processing of annotation data and layout script. The program is available at http://staff.aist.go.jp/yutaka.ueno/guppy/.

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Solvent extraction of La³⁺, Eu³⁺ and Lu³⁺ ions into carbon tetrachloride with thenoyltrifluoroacetone(Htta; HA) in the absence and presence of tetrabutylammonium ions(tba⁺) is measured and the effect of various factors on the extraction equilibrium is considered. The data are treated on the basis of association equilibrium of the neutral chelate, MA₃, with the extracted ion-pairs of the reagents, A^-•B⁺, in the organic phase. It is concluded that the degree of association is greater in the order of LaA₃>EuA₃> or the stability of the ternary complex in the organic phase is higher in the order of LaA4^-•B⁺>EuA4^-•B⁺>-•B⁺

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The aim of this paper is to establish a systematic order for the indicative endings in Middle Mongolian.
In Middle Mongolian, especially in the language of the Secret History of the Mongols, we can find some indicative endings which do not exist in classical written Mongolian, for example:-bi, I have previously established that these two endings are the feminine form of -ba /be, -/-lu'ec and that -la'ai/-le'ai, -lu'ai, are the plural form of -la'a/-le'e, -/lu'e.
In the process of establishing the above, it occured to me that it would be possible to systematize all of the indicative endings by reviewing them from the point view of gender and number.
This problem became the starting point for this paper, and I have attained hopeful results in systematizing all of the indicative endings by the above method. However, I have been unable to solve all of the problems concerning indicative endings by this method. For, when I examined the occurences of the endings -mui, -ju'ui etc. in the Secret History of the Mongols, for example, in about two-thirds of the cases these endings may be regarded as being the plural forms of -mu, -ju'u etc., but in the other one-thirds of the cases they are not used as plural forms. How these endings should be regarded in the cases when they are not used as plural form thus becomes a problem.
On the one hand I have given attention to the relationship between the endings -/-lu'e and -la'a/le'e, and have felt that in some way there was a difference between them. As a result of the investigation of these endings related in this paper, I have discovered that -la'a/-le'e is used as an honorific form for -/-lu'e (§3₁). This discovery is very important, for by applying this concept of honorific forms to the other indicative endings, such as -mui, -ju'ui, -bai etc. I have been able to determine that in the previously referred to cases where these endings are not used as the plural forms of the endings -mu, -ju'u, -ba, etc. they are used as the honorific forms of these endings.

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Wienerフィルタ、射影フィルタおよびパラメトリック射影フィルタを復元作用素とする3種類のフィルタリングアルゴリズムを逆解析手法として5層フレームモデルの損傷同定解析を行う．この際，固有値解析から作成した観測データと人為的に設定した観測誤差に基づくシミュレーション逆解析の結果とヘルスモニタリングより観測した観測データおよび観測誤差を用いた逆解析結果の比較を示す．これより，本報では観測誤差に関係するフィルタリングアルゴリズムの特性について検討することを目的とする．

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Activated carbons with well-developed pore structures were prepared from pistachio-nut shells by chemical activation using zinc chloride under both nitrogen atmosphere and vacuum conditions. The effects of the ratio of ZnCl₂ to shell masses and activation conditions (nitrogen and vacuum) on the carbon pore structure were studied. It was found that under vacuum condition, the characteristics of the activated carbons produced were better than those under nitrogen atmosphere.

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The effects of activation temperature on the textural and chemical properties of activated carbons prepared from pistachio-nut shells by potassium hydroxide activation were studied. Relatively high activation temperature was essential to develop high pore structures. However, too high an activation temperature would result in the burn-off of carbon structures and widening of micropores to meso- and macropores. The Fourier transform infra-red spectra analysed the changes in the surface functional groups produced during the different preparation stages.

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The main aim of this study is to treat palm oil mill effluent (POME) containing phenol, which is a hazardous compound, using activated carbon (AC) prepared from palm kernel shell (PKS), one of the byproducts of the palm oil industry. First, PKS from Thailand was characterized by proximate, elemental, and thermogravimetric analyses. The high carbon and low ash contents in the PKS indicated that PKS is a promising precursor for producing AC. Then, palm kernel shell activated carbon (PKSAC) was prepared using chemical activation with orthophosphoric acid as an activating reagent under various conditions. The physical and chemical properties of the PKSACs were characterized using nitrogen adsorption–desorption and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), respectively. Chemical activation improved the yield and physical properties, even as it changed the chemical properties of PKSACs. The PKSACs thus prepared contained large volumes of micropores. Using the prepared PKSACs, batch equilibrium adsorption was conducted to remove phenol from the POME model. The PKSACs could successfully adsorb and remove phenol from the POME model. The phenol adsorption followed the Langmuir model, and the saturated adsorbed amount of phenol increased with increase in surface area. Based on these results, it is concluded that the treatment of POME using PKSACs produced by chemical activation would be a practicable treatment method since the prepared PKSACs provide a high yield and are capable of treating model hazardous compound in POME.

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　本研究は、米国・ハワイ州を発祥とし、今も伝承されるルア

を対象とする。ルアが「ハワイ文化」と認識されるに至った経緯について探ることを本研究の目的とする。研究方法は、2018年3月に実施したフィールドワーク、文献調査である。対象のルアは、武器を用い、関節を強打し、敵を倒すための技術である。しかしながら武術、格闘技というだけでなく、舞踊フラなど周辺の身体文化とも関係が深く、博物館での展示、保存がなされるように「ハワイ文化」としての意識が強いことがわかった。

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A wiki-based repository for crude drugs and Kampo medicine is introduced. It provides taxonomic and chemical information for 158 crude drugs and 348 prescriptions of the traditional Kampo medicine in Japan, which is a variation of ancient Chinese medicine. The system is built on MediaWiki with extensions for inline page search and for sending user-input elements to the server. These functions together realize implementation of word checks and data integration at the user-level. In this scheme, any user can participate in creating an integrated database with controlled vocabularies on the wiki system. Our implementation and data are accessible at http://metabolomics.jp/wiki/.

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Shibboleth IdPなどのIdentity Providerを用いた情報システムの認証において，認証方法の基本はユーザIDおよびユーザIDに紐付く固定パスワードによる認証である．利用者にとって簡易で身近な方法ではあるが，フィッシングなどによりこれらの情報が漏洩した場合には不正にアクセスされる危険性が高い．この対策として，固定パスワード以外の要素による追加の認証も併せて要求する多要素認証がある．本稿では，Shibboleth IdPにおいて，追加の認証や，要求する追加の認証の方法や数を制御する認証ポリシーを柔軟に設定でき，必要に応じて着脱することが可能な，多要素認証を実現するシステムの提案および実装について示す．本システムでは，Shibboleth IdP自体の多要素認証機能に依存しないため，バージョンアップなどによる実装の変更により影響を受ける可能性が減り，保守性を確保した上で認証を強化できる．また，追加の認証や認証ポリシーを柔軟に定義可能とすることで，セキュリティを確保しながらも利便性の向上やセキュリティポリシーの柔軟な運用を図ることができる．

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本稿は, サモア語数詞の統語的特性を示すことを目的とする。
サモア語における数詞は, 基本的には, ただ二つの用法, すなわち, 動詞的用法と名詞的用法のみをもつ。動詞的用法においては, 数詞は, 時制・相マーカーと共に動詞句を形成し, 名詞的用法においては, 冠詞と共に名詞句を形成する。名詞を限定する際には, 数詞は, 時制・相マーカーと共に関係節を形成する。これは, 動詞的用法の中に含めることができる。
この解釈によると, 複合数詞, 年令表現, 数え上げ, のような数詞の諸用法がうまく説明される。
更に, 数表現においてよく使われる小辞eは, 元々は分類辞であったのが, サモア語において, 時制マーカーとして, 再解釈された, という仮説を提示した。

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タイ人における ABO, MNSs, P, Lewis, Rh, Kell 及び Duffy式血液型の分布は、これまでに PHANSOMBOON ら(1949), SIMMONSら(1954), PHANSOMBOON (1956) などによってしらべられているが、著者らは112～128名のタイ人成人 (BangkokのCentral Chest Hospitalに入院中の結核患者)を対象として、ABO, MNSs, Lewis, Rh, Kell, Duffy式の各血液型とともに、 Q, Lutheran ()及び Kidd (Jk^b) 式血液型を合わせて調査した。
ABO, MNSs, Rh, Lewis, Kel1 及び Duffy 式血液型については、従来の報告に一致した成績が得られ、日本人や中国人にくらべて B,M 及び R1遺伝子の頻度が高いことが認められた。^Fya遺伝子の頻度(0.9078)は、中国人、日本人及び朝鮮人のそれにほぼ一致し、K遺伝子は他のアジア入同様にみいだされなかった。
Q式血液型では、Q型が27.78%で日本人の頻度にほぼ一致し、タイ人や中国人における P(P₁)の頻度に似ている。
Lutheran及び Kidd式血液型の表現型の頻度は Lu(a+)型1.79%, Jk(b+)型82.14%で、近隣のアジア人における頻度に近く、ヨーロッパ人やアフリカ黒人よりも 遺伝子の頻度が低くなっている。

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ゲームにはクリアするタイムを競うRTA という遊び方があり，近年盛んに行われている。特に日本ではRPG のRTAに人気があり，今後プレイヤーが増えることが予想される。RPG のタイムロス要因には戦闘での敗北があり，タイム短縮のために勝率を上げる必要がある。しかし，既存プレイヤーは経験や勘のみで高い勝率を実現しており，新規プレイヤーはどのようなバトル戦略で戦闘を行えばよいかが分からない。そこで本研究では，RPG の戦闘の勝率を上げる手法を検討する。本発表で提示する生存重視戦略では，敗北する手前の状況では回復を選択し，それ以外では攻撃を選択する。敵が連続で強力な攻撃を使用したら敗北してしまう状況になる前に回復を選択するようにし，戦闘の勝率の向上を図る。一方，敵が連続で強力な攻撃を使用しなければ負けないという希望的観測戦略とランダム戦略についても検討し，三つのバトル戦略の勝率を比較した。ターン制RPG と時間制RPG の2 種のRPG タイトルで，各バトル戦略を実装したプログラムに戦闘をさせ，その結果，生存重視戦略がいずれのRPG でも最も高い勝率となった。

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This study is about a borderland between three dominant cultures: the Burmese, the Chinese, and the Siamese/Thai, i.e., the former Shan State of Chiang Tung. The region of Chiang Tung (also transcribed Keng Tung, Kyaingtong) lies in the Eastern Shan State of Myanmar/Burma in Upper Southeast Asia and borders on Thailand, China, and Laos. The majority of the people living in Chiang Tung are called Tai Khuen. This paper explores the origin and early history of the imagined Tai Khuen nation in Chiang Tung through myths and memories recorded in the Chiang Tung Chronicle (CTC). Myths and memories may be used to tell us something of what a people has held and holds to be of lasting value. Important for a common imagined community is a myth of common ancestry. The CTC narrates the way in which the Khuen people understand the origin and early history of the place where they live—the “imagined Khuen nation.” The myths and memories recorded in the CTC express a sense of place and belonging for the Tai Khuen people.

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This experiment was conducted into the impacts of diversity loss and as a re-evaluation of the nutritional resources originating from agricultural crops, because there is no conservation strategy for either wild crop species or locally adapted cultivars used for human and animal consumption. Three important agricultural crops were investigated: soybean Glycine max, sweet potato Ipomoea batatas, and coconut Cocus nucifera, with five varieties of each collected for protein electrophoresis using the SDS-PAGE method. Crude protein (CP), ether extract (EE) and amino acids (AAs) of each of the representative samples were determined. The total oil was extracted from each sample and analyzed for its fatty acid (FAs) composition. Results showed that five soybean varieties 'MTD65', 'MTD176', 'Nam Vang C', 'Nam Vang H' and 'Can Tho 4' varied little from each other as shown by the fact that all sample individuals of each variety showed similar bands, indicating that they were in fact neither diverse nor pure genetic varieties. The CP content of soybean seeds ranged from 37.5-41.7% and EE content ranged from 20.4-22.1%, while methionine ranged from 0.2-0.6% and linoleic acid from 40.4-55.0%. Among the sweet potato varieties, 'Hong Dao', 'Hsinchu', 'Duong Ngoc' and 'Lang Bi', were diverse in phenotype (Ho), genetic marker (H_<EP>), and the sum of the effective number of alleles (SENA), while the 'Hong Ngoc' variety was not diverse (Ho=0), e.g all individual samples proved to share the same genetic material; the CP and EE content of the leaves ranged from 19.8-26.8% and 4.8-5.8%; while lysine ranged from 0.48-1.07% and linolenic acid from 39.7-45.5%. Among the coconut varieties, 'Bi', '', 'Ta Xanh', 'Ta Dai' and 'Dau', were diverse, although the '' variety was less diverse (Ho=1) than the others (Ho=1.9-2.3); the copra CP ranged from 7.7-9.0%, the amino acid contents were very small compared with those of the soybean varieties; EE content ranged from 65.0-71.6% and lauric acid from 44.4%-49.9%. These three crops are currently producing decreasing yields, and suffering genetic erosion mainly due to insect damage or as a result of being replaced by new high yield varieties, thus the direction of selection, conservation and improvement of each of the breeds should be based on our data.

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