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22/06/2010 Paper

Research resulting from a JSPS Short Term Award.

“ Reinterpreting silence in the second language classroom.”

Paper presented to the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, March 6-9, The Sheraton Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia.

By Mr. Jim King, University of Nottingham.
22/06/2010 Paper

Citizen participation in the conservation and use of rural landscapes in Britain - the Alport Valley case study. Special Issue of the Springer Journal: Landscape and Ecological Engineering doi:10.1007/s11355-010-0115-2.

See the article on SpringerLink

The special issue is called "Local natural and cultural characteristics as the cornerstone of the future of rural landscapes -a comparative case study of cultural landscapes in Britain and Japan" and is edited by Prof. Katsue Fukamachi from Kyoto University.

The paper is an outcome of the research stay of Professor Lange as Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Department of Natural Environment Studies with Professor Makoto Yokohari.

Posted by Co-author Professor Eckart Lange, University of Sheffield.
18/06/2010 Conference

**Forthcoming**

62nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), 11-16 September 2011, Niigata, Japan.

For more information

Posted by Professor Rob Hillman, University of Leicester and President of ISE.
18/06/2010 Presentation

(Congress Poster Presentations)

"Sub-micrometer Resolution Transverse Electron Beam Size Measurement System based on Optical Transition Radiation", in Proceedings of International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC'10, May 23 - 28, Kyoto, Japan, 2010, MOPEA052

"A Compact Soft X-ray Source based on Thomson Scattering of Coherent Diffraction Radiation", in Proceedings of International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC'10, May 23 - 28, Kyoto, Japan, 2010, MOPEA053

Co presented by Dr. Pavel Karataev, Royal Holloway, University of London.
18/06/2010 Presentation

**Forthcoming**

"Hybrid silicon-carbon nanostructures for photovoltaic applications" at EM-NANO 2010 (3rd International Symposium on Organic and Inorganic Electronic Materials and Related Nanotechnologies, Toyama, Japan, 22-25 June 2010).

Conference Link
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By Dr. Davide Mariotti, University of Ulster
17/06/2010 Presentation

‘Citizenship education in Japan,” Conference on civic engagement at the University of York on 18 June 2010. The conference was hosted by the Department of Educational Studies, University of York with the support of the Society for Educational Studies.

By Professor Ian Davies, University of York
17/06/2010 Presentation

2 papers were presented at “The International Symposium on Speed-up, Safety and Service Technology for Railway and Maglev Systems”, June 16-19, 2009, Niigata, Japan.

The papers have now been published in the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers:

Vasi__, G, Franklin, FJ, Fletcher, DI and Kapoor, A, Effect of traffic on crack initiation in rails, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Mechanical Systems for Transportation and Logistics, Vol. 3 (2010) pp.100-109

Hyde, P and Fletcher, DI, Planning rail grinding using crack growth predictions, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Mechanical Systems for Transportation and Logistics, Vol. 3 (2010) pp.216-225.

For more information please visit the group’s website at Sheffield University: www.merail.co.uk

By Dr. David Fletcher, University of Sheffield
17/06/2010 Presentation

Research continued on a project on Service Sector Innovation on a recent visit to Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University. Seminars were presented and visits to companies made as part of the project.

By Professor Emeritus John Dawson FRSE, Universities of Edinburgh and Stirling
17/06/2010 Article

The role of the ancestral tradition in bereavement in contemporary Japanese society. Mortality, 15 (4).

By Dr Christine Valentine, University of Bath
15/06/2010 Event

Presentation of details relating to joint UK-Japan research work at the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation’s 25th Anniversary celebrations, Embassy of Japan

By Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham and Dr. Tony James, University of Bath
15/06/2010 Paper

JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship recipient publishes joint UK-Japan paper with Professor Yamada of Ochanomizu University in a Royal Society of Chemistry Journal, Chemical Communications

By Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham and co-author Dr. Tony James, University of Bath
23/04/2010 book

Preview

"Handbook of Oral Cancer Screening and Education- a Tested Guideline Protocol."

By Professor Chitta Choudhury, Bournemouth University
21/04/2010 paper

"Synthesis of a Highly Hydrophobic Cationic Lipid and its Structural and Thermodynamic Studies for Interaction with DNA."

Published by Professor Sakurai (Kitakyushu University) in the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan.

Co authored by Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham, Dr. Tony James, University of Bath and contributions from Ms. Magdalena Powell and Mr. Andrew Kelly, University of Bath
21/04/2010 Presentation The following invited lectures were given as part of a JSPS Re-Invitation Bridge Fellowship:

[8] Kyushu University, Fukuoka (Japan) 20-04-2010

[7] University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu (Japan)

19-04-2010

[6] University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka (Japan)

16-04-2010

[5] Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo (Japan)

14-04-2010

[4] Kyoto University, Kyoto (Japan) 09-04-2010

[3] Ochanomizu University, Tokyo (Japan) 08-04-2010

[2] Tokyo University, Tokyo (Japan) 05-04-2010

[1] Osaka University, Osaka (Japan) 31-03-2010

By Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham
20/04/2010 Event Call "Japan-UK Relations Strengthened Through Royal Society Grant." Posted by Dr. Tony James, University of Bath
06/04/2010 Event Call

Presentation Title: "Spectroscopy in Tandem with Microscopy on Rutile TiO2."

1st April 2010 at the Catalysis Research Center (CRC), Hokkaido University as part of the JSPS sponsored Fritz-Haber-Institut (Berlin)- CRC Joint International Symposium entitled "Surface Science and Catalysis for a Sustainable Society."

By Dr. Chi Lun Pang, University College London
06/04/2010 Event Call

The following presentations were conducted as part of a JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship:

1. Seminar title: "The Spectroscopic Signature of Oxygen Vacancies on TiO2."

4th March 2010 at the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba

2. Seminar title: "Photoemission of defects on TiO2 (110) Under Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Control"

26th February 2010 at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Wako), RIKEN

3. Seminar title: "Characterisation of Defects on Oxide Surfaces: TiO2 (110) and thin film CeO2 (111)."

1st February 2010 at the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

4. Poster Presentation: "Self -assembled Metallic Nanowires on a Dielectric Support: Pd on TiO2 (110)",

13th January 2010 at the 7th International Workshop on Oxide Surfaces (Echigo-Yuzawa)

By Dr. Chi Lun Pang, University College London
23/02/2010 Event Call UK-Japan 150 Special Edition of Chemistry an Asian Journal Guest co editor: Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham
10/02/2010 Event Call

"Teacher Education and Citizenship Education in England."

Shaika-Kenkyu (Journal of Educational Research on Social Studies), vol.64, pp.1-7, 8-10, March 2006

Co written by Professor Ian Davies, University of York
10/02/2010 Event Call

"Teacher Education for School Subject Citizenship/ Social Studies Education in University and School."

Graduate School, Hiroshima University, joint symposium with the Japan Social Studies Research Association, February 2006

Co written by Professor Ian Davies, University of York
08/02/2010 paper

A paper to come out of research at the Fracture Mechanics and Safety Assessment Engineering Laboratory, University of Tokyo, funded by a JSPS Summer Programme Award.

"JR-Curve Estimation by Drop Weight Tear Test."

Paper accepted for presentation at the ECF18 Conference, Berlin, December 2009

By Mr. Antonio Caraballo (first author), Cranfield, University
05/02/2010 paper

"Fractional Sampling OFCDM with Alternative Spreading Code."

IEEE International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS 2008), Guangzhou, China, November 2008

Co written by Professor Mohammad Ghavami, King's College London
05/02/2010 paper

"Retransmission Scheme with Code Sense for VSF/DS-UWB Ad-hoc Network."

International Workshop on Wireless Ad-hoc Networks, London, UK, May 2005

Co written by Professor Mohammad Ghavami, King's College London
05/02/2010 Event Call

"Ultra Wideband Signals and Systems in Communication Engineering."

ISBN: 978-0-470-02763-9, John Wiley and Sons, January 2007

By Professor Mohammad Ghavami (first author), King's College London
05/02/2009 paper

"Stereoselective Radical Addition of an Acetal to Sterically Tuned Enantiomerically Pure N-Sulfinyl Imines"

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, Vol. 58, February 2010

Co written by Dr. Tito Akindele (first author), RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan
23/11/2009 paper

"Geometric Frustration in Small Collodial Clusters."

J.Phys:Cond.Matter.20,494222

Co Written by Dr. Christopher Royall, University of Bristol
04/11/2009 Event Call

"Symmetry of Coherent Vortices in Plane Couette Flow." Presentation given at the ETC 12- the 12th EUROMECH European Turbulence Conference, Marburg, 7-10 September 2009 and at the Mechanical Engineering Conference, annual meeting, Kyoto, Japan, September 2009.

By Dr. Sotos Generalis, Aston University and co authors
29/10/2009 Event Call

An article to come out of research at the RIKEN Plant Science Centre, Yokohama, funded by a JSPS Short Term Award.

"Large-Scale Phosphorylation Mapping Reveals the Extent of Tyrosine Phosphorylation in Arabidopsis."

Molecular Systems Biology 4, Article Number 193, April 2008

Co written by Dr. Arsalan Daudi, Royal Holloway, University of London
19/10/2009 paper  

"Range of Validity of Weakly Nonlinear Theory in the Rayleigh-Benard Problem."

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Vol 78, No.8, August 2009

Co written by Dr. Sotos Generalis, Aston University
19/10/2009 paper  

"Hairpin Vortex Solution in Planar Couette Flow: A Tapestry of Knotted Vortices."

Physical Review Letters Vol 102, No.11

Co written by Dr. Sotos Generalis, Aston University
16/10/2009 Event Call  

An article that has come out of research at the Meiji Gakuin University funded by a JSPS Summer Programme Award.

"Three Versions of Komatsu Sayko's Nihon Chinbotsu (Japan Sinks)" Project MUSE, Volume 2, Issue 1, Spring 2009, pp-45-57

By Dr. Jessica Langer, Royal Holloway, University of London
16/10/2009 Event Call

Published September 2009

"Baron Kaneko and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05): A study in the Public Diplomacy of Japan"

Translated by Professor Ian Ruxton, Kyushu Institute of Technology
16/10/2009 Event Call

Published September 2009

"A Diplomat in Japan Part II: The Diaries of Ernest Satow, 1870 to 1883"

Transcribed and edited by Professor Ian Ruxton, Kyushu Institute of Technology
07/10/2009 Event Call "Glass Transition and Molecular Mobility in Polymer Thin Films." 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.031802 Co written by Dr. Barbara Gabrys, University of Oxford
07/10/2009 Event Call "Chaucer's Man of Law's Tale: A Case of Medieval Pathos."A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Mitsunori Imai, President of Setsunan University. English Philology and Corpus Studies, Tokyo 2009, pp 23-39 By Professor Graham Caie, University of Glasgow
07/10/2009 Event Call

Lecture: 10th December 2009

"The Role of the Ancestral Tradition in Bereavement in Contemporary Japanese Society,"

Japanese Center, University of Cardiff

By Dr. Christine Valentine, University of Bath
07/10/2009 Event Call

"Emotion, Identity and the Good Death in Contemporary Japanese Society."

The Social Context of Death Dying and Disposal Conference, Durham University, 14th September 2009

By Dr. Christine Valentine, University of Bath
06/07/2009 Event Call
"Tough Choices: Bearing an Illegitimate Child in Japan", Stanford University.

By Dr. Ekaterina Hertog, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford.

06/07/2009 Event Call "The Worst Abuse Against a Child is the Absence of a Parent: How Japanese Unwed Mothers Evaluate their Decision to have a Child Outside Wedlock," Japan Forum, Volume 20, Issue 2, pp-193-217

By Dr. Ekaterina Hertog,

Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford

30/06/2009 Event Call

"Bank Modelling Methodologies: A Comparative Non-parametric Analysis of Efficiency in the Japanese Banking Sector" [with L. Drake and R.Simper], Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 1-15, February 2009

"Japan: The Banks are Back! Or Are They?" Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance, Vol. 17, No.1, pp. 16-28, March 2009

By Professor Maximilian Hall, University of Loughborough

19/06/2009 Event Call Publications that have come out of research at the University of Tokyo funded by a JSPS Short Term Award:

"Negotiating a loved one's dying in contemporary Japanese society." Mortality, 13. 1 (2009)

"Continuing Bonds in Cross-cultural Perspective: UK and Japan."Bereavement Care, 28.2. (2009)B

"Japanese ambivalence about traditional mourning requirements." Pharos International. Autumn issue. (2009)

"Japanese Ancestor Veneration." In Clifton Bryant and Dennis Peck (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of Death and Human Experience. Sage Publications. (2009)

By Dr. Christine Valentine,

University of Bath

18/06/2009 Event Call "Phase space diffusion in molecular liquids: non-stationary random walk model,"
EMLG/JMLG Annual Meeting "Intermolecular Interactions and Liquid Structure" (Salzburg, Austria, 2009)
Dr. A Dmitry Nerukh, Cambridge University participated in this conference with collaborator Dr. Makoto Taiji of RIKEN:
18/06/2009 Event Call "Diffusion in the phase space of molecular liquids,"
Dynamics and structure in physics and chemistry (Kharkov, Ukraine, 2009)
Dr. A Dmitry Nerukh, Cambridge University participated in this conference with collaborator Dr. Makoto Taiji of RIKEN:
18/06/2009 Event Call Published in Journal of Molecular Physics 2009 "21-residue peptide's dynamics at and between elementary structural transitions," Co written by Dr. A Dmitry Nerukh, Cambridge University.
18/06/2009 Event Call Now submitted to J. Phys. "Abnormal diffusion in water: non-stationary phase space random walk model" Co written by Dr. A Dmitry Nerukh, Cambridge University.
17/06/2009 Event Call "Exploiting Boron's Affinity for Saccharides in New Hydrogel Domains"
Osaka University 05/02/2009
Kumamoto University 02/02/2009
Tokyo University 21/01/2009
Tokyo Metropolitan University 13/01/2009
RIKEN 09/01/2009
Ochanomizu University 08/01/2009
By Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham, given at these institutions in Japan:
17/06/2009 Event Call "Flexibility and Cross-Sectional Structure of an Anionic Dual-Surfactant Wormlike Micelle Explored with Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Coupled with Contrast Variation Technique."J.Phys.Chem.B, 2009, 113, 10222 Co written by Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham.
17/06/2009 Event Call "Solid state structures and solution analyses of a phenylpropylpyridine N-oxide and an N-methyl phenylpropylpyridine"Chemistry-An Asian Journal, 2009, 4, 194 Co written by Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham.
17/06/2009 Event Call Article Published in New Journal of Physics, 10 March 2009. " Influence of Fabrication Errors on Wake Function Suppression in NC X-band Accelerating Structures for Linear Colliders." By Professor Roger Jones, University of Manchester and Cockcroft Institute
16/06/2009 Event Call Special Issue Launch of "Photography in Nineteenth Century Japan." 30th June 2009 at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation Contributor and Guest Edited by Dr. Luke Gartlan, University of St. Andrews
01/05/2009 Event Call CSCS-09:Chirality and Supramolecular Chemical Synthesis
(27 - 28 July 2009 at University of Birmingham)
Organised by Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham
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