Qdai-mail Tsushin #009

An e-mail magazine, "Qdai-mail Tsushin" delivers campus news
every fourth Friday.

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Friday, September 28, 2018


** Topics

*President of University of Rhode Island Visited President Kubo
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/307
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President David M. Dooley of University of Rhode Island (URI),
USA made a courtesy visit to President Chiharu Kubo of Kyushu
University, accompanied by Professor Manabu Takasawa of Depart
ment of Music of URI on Monday August 6th 2018.

*Courtesy Visit by Chinese Minister Wang Zhigang
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/308
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Wang Zhigang, Secretary of the Party Group and Minister of Sc
ience and Technology (MOST), People’s Republic of China made
a courtesy visit to Executive Vice President Masato Wakayama
of Kyushu University (Kyushu U), accompanied by the delegates
on Saturday August 25th 2018.


** Research

*Analysis of an emotional gap induced by smell
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/102
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Dr. Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Associate Professor at the Faculty of
Arts and Science, and Mr. Hamakawa Masayuki, a student at the
Graduate School of Systems Life Sciences performed an olfacto
ry psychophysical experiment where the pleasantness was defin
ed as instinctive and innate emotion, and the liking was done
as experience-based and acquired emotion.

*Mysteries of Okinawan Habu Venom Decoded
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/103
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A collaborative team of scientists from many research institut
es and universities across Japan have now mapped the entire ge
nome of the Okinawan habu, including the genes involved in ven
om production.

*Ultra-high sensitive detection of organic gases using micro-
sized gas sensors
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/104
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The group of Prof. Kengo Shimanoe, Assoc. Prof. Ken Watanabe
and Assis. Prof. Koichi Suematsu has succeeded in ultra-high
sensitive gas detection in ppd level of volatile organic com
pounds (VOCs) by collaboration with Figaro Engineering Inc.

*Technetium-98 nuclear cosmochronometer synthesized by super
nova neutrinos
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/105
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At the present study, first, it was found the possibility that
98Tc may be synthesized by the neutrino process. Next, the exp
ected 98Tc abundance was calculated using a supernova explosio
n model with the neutrino-nucleus interactions involved.

*Citrus-like smell disturbs working memory for orange colours
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/106
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Dr. Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Associate Professor, Dr. Kaori Tamura,
Research Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Scien
ce, and Mr. Masayuki Hamakawa, a student at the Graduate Scho
ol of Systems Life Sciences performed a colour memory experim
ent with a citrus-like smell, decanal to reveal whether there
is olfactory modulation of colour working memory.
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