Qdai-mail Tsushin #001

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

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Friday, January 26, 2018

**Topics

*Distinguished Professor Toshiyuki Kono of the Faculty of Law
Becomes the 8th President of the International Council on
Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS),
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/284
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At the 19th ICOMOS General Assembly on Thursday, December 14,
2017, Distinguished Professor Toshiyuki Kono of Kyushu University
assumed office as the first Japanese President of the International
Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).

*2017 Faculty Development Program on English as a Medium of
Instruction
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/283
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To address the needs of faculty members in teaching international
courses, the university offers various faculty development (FD)
programs supported by SGU fund throughout the year.


**Notice

*Recruiting Events Information for International Students is updated.
(10th, Jan.)
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/notices/view/98
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Please be inform about recruiting events off campus for international
students.


**Research

*Decomposition of toxicity emission changes on the demand and
supply sides: empirical study of the US industrial sector
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/87
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This study conducted by Prof. Shigemi Kagawa and Shunsuke Managi
of Kyushu University, Assoc Prof. Hidemichi Fujii of Nagasaki
University and lecturer Shunsuke Okamoto of Onomichi City
University investigated the changes in the toxicity of chemical
emissions from the US industrial sector over the 1998 to 2009
period.

*Autism spectrum disorder is a "connectopathy"
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/86
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A research group of Dr. Yamasaki and Prof. Tobimatsu of Department
of Clinical Neurophysiology, Kyushu University reported the
possible mechanism of atypical visual perception in autism
spectrum disorder (ASD). They proposed that the "connectopathy"
underlies the pathophysiological mechanism of ASD.

*The uncanny valley involves avoidance of novelty
-Toward a society in which androids and humans can live together-
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/85
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A research team from Kyushu University has revealed a cognitive
mechanism of eeriness evoked by the appearance of robots and dolls.


**Events

*[Mon]29 January [Fri]2 February,2018
Kyushu University Energy Week 2018
http://www.congre.co.jp/q-pit2018/eng/index.html
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"Kyushu University energy week" holds the international workshops and
industry-academia-government collaboration workshop and so on as
featuring the theme of "future energy" through five days. Also it is
positioning as the place of the interchange of the researchers for taking
on a role to the international hub function of the energy research.


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