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19/03/2012	Dissociating visual form from frequency using Japanese NLC2011. Society for the Neurobiology of Language Annual Meeting November 10-11; Annapolis, USA	Co-author Dr. Keith J Kawabata Duncan, University College London
19/03/2012	Network connectivity when reading Japanese Kanji and Hiragana. NLC2011. Society for the Neurobiology of Language Annual Meeting November 10-11; Annapolis, USA	First author Dr. Keith J Kawabata Duncan, University College London
19/03/2012	Dissociating visual form from lexical frequency using Japanese. Brain and Language. In press http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandl.2012.02.003	Co-author Dr. Keith J Kawabata Duncan, University College London
08/03/2012	Oral Cancer Bulletin Vol.1 January to March 2012	Posted by Professor Chitta Choudhury, Bournemouth University
08/03/2012	"Essentials of Health Research: A Guide for Beginners." Published February 2012 by Nitte University Press, Mangalore, India	By Professor Chitta Choudhury, Bournemouth University
15/02/2012	Book Chapter: 'Basic modes of motion in polymers' chapter in Dynamics of Soft Matter, Neutron Scattering Applications, Part 1." pp. 59-101, V. García Sakai, C. Alba-Simionesco, S.-H. Chen, Eds., Springer Verlag, 2012. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0727-0_3	Co-author Dr. Barbara Gabrys, University of Oxford
20/01/2012	Astrophysics Seminar in Hakone, Japan from 25 to 30 November 2012. Title: " Progress in Physics of the Sun and Stars : a New Era in Helio and Asteroseismology." By invitation only. An expresssion of interest to attend should be sent to Professor Hiromoto Shibahashi, Department of Astrophysics, University of Tokyo: shibahashi@astron.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp for consideration.	Posted by Professor Donald Kurtz, University of Central Lancashire
20/01/2012	"Home and Family in Japan. Continuity and Transformation." Japan Anthropology Workshop Series. Published 15th November 2010 by Routledge	Co-edited by Dr. Richard Ronald
20/01/2012	"Enhanced crystallization of GeTe from an Sb2 Te3 template." Applied Physics Letters 100, 021911 (2012)	Co-written by Dr. Robert Simpson
20/01/2012	Publication resulting from research undertaken during a 2 year JSPS Standard Postdoctoral Fellowship "Interfacial phase-change memory." Nature Nanotechnology, published online: 3 July 2011, doi: 10.1038/NNANO.2011.96	First author Dr. Robert Simpson
20/01/2012	"Electrical-field induced giant magnetoresistivity in (non-magnetic) phase change films." Applied Physics Letters 99, 152105 (2011)	Co-written by Dr. Robert Simpson
20/01/2012	"Modulation bandwidth of metal-clad semiconductor nanolasers with cavity-enhanced spontaneous emission." Electronics Letters, Vol.46, No.25, 9th December 2010	By Professor Alan Shore, Bangor University
20/01/2012	"Modified long-range surface plasmon polariton modes for laser nanoresonators." Journal of Applied Physics 110, 063106 (2011)	Co-written by Professor Alan Shore, Bangor University
20/01/2012	"The flow structure in the wake of a fractal fence and the absence of an "inertial regime." Environmental Fluid Mechanics doi: 10.1007/s10652-011-9233-0	First Author Dr. Chris Keylock, University of Sheffield
20/01/2012	Title of talk: "Modelling global protein conformational response to interactions controlled through haptic feedback: Towards an interactive docking tool for drug design." Presented at: A Chem-Bio Informatics Society of Japan organised workshop on "Protein Shape and Drug Design : Shaping out drug molecules through touching proteins with their 3D models and VR technology" Date: 21 November 2011	Posted by Dr. Steven Hayward, University of East Anglia
20/01/2012	Publication from research conducted during 2011 JSPS Summer Programme Award at Fukui University "Hydrophilic-modified polyurethane nanofibre scaffolds for culture of hyperthermophiles." Materials Letters (Accepted 27 December 2011- article in press)	By Mr. Peter Hughes, University of Central Lancashire
20/01/2012	"DNA Double-Strand Breaks Induced by Cavitational Mechanical Effects of Ultrasound in Cancer Cell Lines." PLoS One 7(1) e29012 (2012)	Co-written by Dr. Paul Campbell, University of Dundee
20/01/2012	"Stuck in the mud? Earthquake nucleation and propagation through accretionary forearcs" Geophysical Research Letters, Vol.38, L18303, 2011	First Author Dr. Daniel Faulkner, University of Liverpool
21/12/2011	Publication from research conducted during 2007 JSPS Summer Programme Award "Postcolonialism and Science Fiction" London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.	By Dr. Jessica Langer
12/08/2011	Aston University has now a signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with three Universities in Japan: Kanagawa University, Kansai University in Osaka and Tottori University. The first postgraduate from Tottori University is to arrive at Aston University in August 2011. Japanese undergraduate students from Kansai University are already attending courses at Aston University.	Posted by Dr. Sotos Generalis, Aston University
22/07/2011	"Transition in Ventilated Double Glazing" Collaborative Project with Professor Kaoru Fujimura, Tottori University funded by the Distingushed Visiting Fellowship Scheme of the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering	Posted by Dr. Sotos Generalis, Aston University
21/07/2011	7th citizED International Conference on Citizenship Education, 12-14 May 2011, Emory University, Atlanta. Attendees included Japanese collaborators: Norio Ikeno (Hiroshima University), Mitsuharu Mizuyama (Kyoto University of Education) Kazuya Taniguchi (Tohoku University), Yoriko Hashizaki (Kobe University), Hiromi Kawaguchi(Hiroshima University), Kazuhiro Kusahara (Hiroshima University).	Posted by Professor Ian Davies, University of York
21/07/2011	Forthcoming Book Review "Citizenship Education in Japan" (Ikeno.N, 2011), British Journal of Educational Studies	Review by Professor Ian Davies, University of York
20/07/2011	1st Scottish - Japanese Symposium of Organic Chemistry Friday 9th September, 2011. School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow	Posted by Dr. Joelle Prunet, University of Glasgow
20/07/2011	"Sex starved: do resource-limited males ensure fertilization success at the expense of precopulatory mating success?" Animal Behaviour Vol. 81 Part Three. March 2011	First author Dr. Zenobia Lewis, University of Liverpool
14/07/2011	A new proposal to reinforce the planked timber shear walls. 2011 Journal of Wood Science	Co-author Dr. Wen-Shao Cheng, University of Bath
14/07/2011	Exotic Vortex Matter: Pancake Vortex Molecules and Fractional-Flux Molecules in some Exotic and/or Two-component Superconductors Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 24 (5), 1-6 (2011)	Co-author Dr. Adrian Crisan, University of Birmingham
14/07/2011	Topological structure of the interband phase difference soliton in two-band superconductivity Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications, 470, 1010-1012 (2010)	Co-author Dr. Adrian Crisan, University of Birmingham
14/07/2011	Topology of Two-Band Superconductors Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications, 470, (Suppl. 1), S966-S967 (2010)	Co-author Dr. Adrian Crisan, University of Birmingham
22/06/2011	Participation supported by a JSPS London Furusato Award: 'Extended Emotions,' International Society for Research on Emotion Conference, Kyoto, 26-29th July 2011	By Dr. Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh
22/06/2011	Participation supported by a JSPS London Furusato Award: 'Through the Mirror,' Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Tokyo, 1 August 2011	By Dr. Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh
31/05/2011	"Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy" FREE Featured Article, Nature Protocols, June 2011	Co-written by Professor Andrew Quantock, Cardiff University
12/05/2011	‘Methodologies that Matter’ Bodies of Thought: Fleshy Subjects, Embodied Minds and Human Natures Conference, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 9-10th June	By Dr. Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh
12/05/2011	‘Hybrid Humans: Renaissance Paradigms of Appropriation and Adaptation,’Colloquium on ‘Francis Bacon and the Materiality of the Appetites: Stoicism, Medicine and Politics,’ ERC Project on The Medicine of the Mind, The Warburg Institute, London, 17th-18th June 2011	By Dr. Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh
12/05/2011	‘Mirroring Mentalities in Wither’s Emblems,’ Ninth International Conference for Emblem Studies, Centre for Emblem Studies, Glasgow University, 27th June-1st July 2011	By Dr. Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh
11/05/2011	"Catalytic enantioselective formation of C-C bonds by addition to imines and hydrazones: A ten-year update" Chemical Reviews Journal, 2011	Co authored by Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham
11/05/2011	Perspective article published as a result of a Bridge re-invitation Fellowship: "Nitrogen Cation- pi Interactions in Asymmetric Organocatalytic Synthesis" Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Journal, 2011	Co authored by Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham
11/05/2011	"A pyridinium cation interaction sensor for the fluorescent detection of alkyl halides" Emerging Investigator Special Edition of Chemical Communications, 2011	Co authored by Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham
10/05/2011	"Shunga: Erotic Art in Japan." Published: British Museum Press, 2010	By Dr. Rosina Buckland, National Museum of Scotland
21/03/2011	International Experts Working Group on Oral Cancer Prevention and Control, 15th February, 2011 Information	By Professor Chitta Choudhury, Poole NHS Hospital, Bournemouth University
21/03/2011	"What to do when Pre-Cancer or Cancer is Suspected in your Mouth Cavity." Published February 2011 in Nitte University Press, India Information	By Professor Chitta Choudhury, Poole NHS Hospital, Bournemouth University
28/02/2011	"Using Next Generation Computers and Algorithms for Modelling the Dynamics of Large Biomolecular Systems" 3 year project funded by G8 to start June 2011 and includes groups from Aston University, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science and Osaka University.	Posted by Dr. Dmitry Nerukh, Aston University
10/02/2011	"Involving Interface": an Extended Mind Theoretical Approach to Roboethics." Accountability in Research November 2010	First Author Dr. Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh
07/02/2011	"Dynamics of Polymers," chapter IV.3 in the book entitled "Neutrons in Soft Matter," Wiley-Blackwell 2011	Contribution to chapter by Dr. Barbara Gabrys, University of Oxford
04/02/2011	"Identity and the Good Death in the Narratives of Bereaved Japanese People. Grief Matters." Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement 13(3) pp.82-86	By Dr. Christine Valentine, University of Bath
04/02/2011	"The Role of the Ancestral Tradition in Bereavement in Contemporary Japanese Society." Mortality 15(4) pp. 275-294	By Dr. Christine Valentine, University of Bath
04/02/2011	Interview with Avi Mograbi, "What is the Filmmaker's Role as a Moral Person, as a Political Person, as a Human Being, When he Encounters Such a Story?" Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival Daily News (2009)	By Mr. Oliver Dew, Birkbeck College, University of London
04/02/2011	"Arirang Tokkotai- Kioku no Sensho wo Joei Suru" (Arirang Kamikaze- Screening the Memory Wars", Naoko Shinogi (trans). Nihon Eiga wa Ikiteiru (Japanese Cinema is Alive) vol. 4, Sukuriin no Naka no Tasha (The Other on Screen), Tokyo Iwanami Shoten, 2010	By Mr. Oliver Dew, Birkbeck College, University of London
04/02/2011	Research Resulting from a JSPS Short Term Award: "Large-scale Comparative Phosphoproteomics Identifies Conserved Phosphorylation Sites in Plants." Plant Physiology, 2010	Co-written by Dr. Arsalan Daudi, Royal Holloway, University of London
04/02/2011	"A Modified Grouping Genetic Algorithm to Select Ambulance Site Locations." (in press) International Journal of Geographical Information Science. DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2010.501334	First Author Dr. Alexis Comber, University of Leicester
04/02/2011	"The Impact of Community- based Outreach Immunization Services on Immunization Coverage with GIS Network Accessibility Analysis in Peri-urban Areas, Zambia. (in press) Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.104190	By Dr. Alexis Comber, University of Leicester
04/02/2011	"Using Genetic Algorithms to Optimise Current and Future Health Planning- the Example of Ambulance Locations." (2010) International Journal of Health Geographics, 9:4. DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-4	By Dr. Alexis Comber, University of Leicester
04/02/2011	"Hunter Manuscripts of Glasgow University Library with Special Reference to the "Polychronicon" and "Romaunt of the Rose." Lectures at Kyoto, Senshu and Setsunan universities throughout January 2011	By Professor Graham Caie, University of Glasgow
04/02/2011	"Urban River Landscapes and Cultural Landscapes of Europe." Meiji University, Tokyo, 20-25 January, 2011	By Professor Eckart Lange, University of Sheffield
04/02/2011	"Japan and the Changing Global Balance of Power: the View from the Summit." Politics, Vol.30, No.3, 2010, pp.33-42	By Professor Hugo Dobson, University of Sheffield
04/02/2011	"Diplomacy on the Boundaries: the G8, International Society and Japan's Instrumentalization of Liminality" in the book entitled "Decoding Boundaries in Postwar Japan: The Koizumi Administration and Beyond." London; Routledge, 2010	Contribution to chapter by Professor Hugo Dobson, University of Sheffield
16/12/2010	"Characterisation of the Hairpin Vortex Solution in Plane Couette Flow" Phys.Rev.E82 DOI: 066308 (2010)	Co-written by Sotos Generalis, Aston University
01/12/2010	Research resulting from a JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship: "Boronic acid building blocks: tools for sensing and separation" Chemical Communications DOI: 10.1039/c0cc02920c	Co-written by Dr. Tony James, University of Bath and Dr. John S. Fossey, University of Birmingham
01/12/2010	Research resulting from a JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship: "Boronic acid building blocks: tools for self assembly" Chemical Communications DOI: 10.1039/c0cc02921a	Co-written by Dr. Tony James, University of Bath and Dr. John S. Fossey, University of Birmingham
25/11/2010	Research Resulting from a JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship: "Atomic Scale Analysis of Ultra Thin SiO2 Films Prepared on TiO2 (100) Surfaces." Journal of Physical Chemistry C114 (2010) 20189, DOI: 10.1021/jp108380r.	Co-written by Dr. Chi Lun Pang, University of Liverpool
24/11/2010	University of Bath Symposium (31 January to 2 February 2011) "Catalysis and Sensing for Health (CASH 2011)"	Posted by Dr. Tony James, University of Bath
14/10/2010	"A Hybrid Heterojunction based on Fullerenes and Surfactant-free, Self-assembled, Closely Packed Silicon Nanocrystals." Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 43 (2010) DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/41/415402	Co-written by Dr. Davide Mariotti, University of Ulster
13/10/2010	A series of presentations made with Drs. Y. Awaji and N. Wada of the National Institute of Communication and Information Technology (NICT), Tokyo: "Investigating the Performance and Limits of a Burst-mode EDFA in Optical Packet and Burst-switched Networks." Japan Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Technical Report, Akita, Japan, 2010 "Gain Transient Accumulation Across EDFA Cascades in Optical Packet-Switched Networks." Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference 2010 (OECC2010) Sapporo, Japan, July 2010 "Investigating the Limits of Optical Packet Transmission through Cascaded Transient-Suppressed EDFAs without Regeneration or Active Gain Control." Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), San Diego, USA, March 2010 "Performance of an Advanced Transient Suppressed EDFA in Diverse Dynamic Optical Network Scenarios." European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2009, Vienna, Austria, 20-24 September 2009 "Supplementary Transient Suppression in a Burst-mode EDFA using Optical Feedback." Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), Hong Kong, China, 13-17 July 2009	By Dr. Ben Puttnam, NICT, Tokyo
12/10/2010	"Progress in Analysis and its Applications, Proceedings of the 7th International ISAAC Congress, Imperial College London, UK, 13-18 July 2009." World Scientific , 2010. 668pp. ISBN: 978-981-4313-16-2, 978-981-4313-16-5	Co-edited by Professor Michael Ruzhansky, Imperial College London
08/10/2010	Research Collaboration supported by a JSPS Invitation Fellowship and JSPS London Furusato Award. "Effect of End Constraints on Protein Loop Kinematics" Biophysical Journal, 98(9). 1976-1985, 2010	Co-written by Dr. Steven Hayward, University of East Anglia
08/10/2010	"DynDom3D: A Method for the Analysis of Domain Movements in Large Biomolecular Complexes" International Symposium on Multiscale Dynamics of Protein Complex Formation and Function, Tokyo University, July 14-16, 2009	By Dr. Steven Hayward, University of East Anglia
08/10/2010	"Geometric Frustration in Small Colloidal Clusters" Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Vol. 21 No. 42 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/42/425103	Co-written by Mr. Alex Malins and Dr. Christopher Royall, University of Bristol
08/10/2010	"The Effect of Inter-cluster Interactions on the Structure of Colloidal Clusters" Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2010.08.021	Co-written by Mr. Alex Malins and Dr. Christopher Royall, University of Bristol
07/10/2010	Research supported by a JSPS Invitation Fellowship: "Damselfly Females Prefer Hot Males: Higher Courtship Success in Males in Sunspots." Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0968-2 Media Coverage	Co-written by Professor Michael Siva-Jothy, University of Sheffield
07/10/2010	"Structural and Dynamical Features of Multiple Metastable Glassy States in a Colloidal System with Competing Interactions." Phys. Rev. Lett. 104 165702 (2010) arXiv:1002.1502 (2010)	Co-written by Dr. Christopher Royall, University of Bristol
07/10/2010	Winner of the 2010 Daiwa Adrian Prize for work on phase spaces analysis of partial differential equations. The co-scientific lead from Japan is Professor Mitsuru Sugimoto, Nagoya University.	By Professor Michael Ruzhansky, Imperial College London
07/10/2010	"Dispersive and Strichartz Estimates for Hyperbolic Equations with Constant Coefficients." MSJ Memoirs, 22, Mathematical Society of Japan, Tokyo, 2010	By Professor Michael Ruzhansky, Imperial College London
13/09/2010	4th UK-Japan Workshop on High Energy Density Science Date: 08/01/2011 Location: UKATC, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh	Posted by Professor Peter Norreys, Central Laser Facility, STFC
13/09/2010	2nd UK-Japan Winter School in High Energy Density Science Dates: 05/01/2011 to 07/01/2011 Location: UKATC, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh	Posted by Professor Peter Norreys, Central Laser Facility, STFC
09/08/2010	Research supported by a JSPS London Furusato Award. "The variation in transparency of amniotic membrane used in ocular surface regeneration." Br J Ophthalmol 2010 94: 1057-1061 doi: 10.1136/bjo.2008.153064 Editorial Paper	By Dr. Che Connon, University of Reading
22/06/2010	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	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	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	(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	"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). Dr. Mariotti Link	By Dr. Davide Mariotti, University of Ulster
17/06/2010	Citizenship education in Japan,h 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	2 papers were presented at gThe International Symposium on Speed-up, Safety and Service Technology for Railway and Maglev Systemsh, 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 groupfs website at Sheffield University: www.merail.co.uk	By Dr. David Fletcher, University of Sheffield
17/06/2010	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	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	Presentation of details relating to joint UK-Japan research work at the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation'fs 25th Anniversary celebrations, Embassy of Japan	By Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham and Dr. Tony James, University of Bath
15/06/2010	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	Preview "Handbook of Oral Cancer Screening and Education- a Tested Guideline Protocol."	By Professor Chitta Choudhury, Bournemouth University
21/04/2010	"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	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	"Japan-UK Relations Strengthened Through Royal Society Grant."	Posted by Dr. Tony James, University of Bath
06/04/2010	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	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	UK-Japan 150 Special Edition of Chemistry an Asian Journal	Guest co editor: Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham
10/02/2010	"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	"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	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	"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	"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	"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	"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	"Geometric Frustration in Small Collodial Clusters." J.Phys:Cond.Matter.20,494222	Co Written by Dr. Christopher Royall, University of Bristol
04/11/2009	"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	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	"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	"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	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	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	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	"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	"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	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	"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	"Tough Choices: Bearing an Illegitimate Child in Japan", Stanford University.	By Dr. Ekaterina Hertog, Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, Oxford.
06/07/2009	"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	"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	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	"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	"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	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	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	"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	"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	"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	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	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	CSCS-09:Chirality and Supramolecular Chemical Synthesis (27 - 28 July 2009 at University of Birmingham)	Organised by Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham