Student's Graduation Thesis Theme

(AY 2014)

AY 2014 Excellent Thesis Presenter

Seminar name
Full name
Graduation research title
Professor
Tsuchida’s
seminar
Takahiro
Iwai
Influence of simple contact effect and similarity on trust relationship
Professor
Hayashi’s
seminar
Motoki
Ogawa
Process analysis of disaster prevention and reduction education based on disaster prevention regaining using M-GTA
Professor
Takahashi’s
seminar
Chisa
Kameda
Tsunami wave height calculation utilizing a detailed city model and development of visualization technology by applying AR technology
Professor
Motoyoshi's
seminar
Yohei
Tateishi
Fundamental research on determining factors that affect residents awareness of wind and flood damage and behavioral intentions to cope therewith
Professor
Koshiyama's
seminar
Mana
Taniguchi
The way of space design to promote support space
Professor
Koshiyama's
seminar
Asato
Hirose
Study on evacuation behavior characteristics of residents in mountain village areas
Professor
Kawaguchi’s
seminar
Shota
Masuda
Numerical experiments on the effect of obstacles to escape from a space in emergency using discrete element method
Professor
Shiroshita's
seminar
Mei
Nishikawa
Study on disaster prevention learning using "damage estimation"

Professor Abe's seminar

■ Consideration of the train collision accident at the Sodani tunnel ■ Safety measures by installing platform doors in stations with many users ■ Current status of car accidents and challenges for the reduction thereof ■ Traffic control in Jakarta, Indonesia - Traffic problem in emerging countries - ■ Current status and problems of taxi business ■ Current status of aircraft accidents and safety measures ■ Natural disaster countermeasures for local lines ■ Efforts to reduce rushing to get on a train ■ Safety of Osaka Municipal Subway ■ Bicycles and accident prevention ■ Issues to improve safety of automobiles ■ Regular route bus transportation in Osaka City ■ Creating a safe and secure tourism destination - Kobe City - ■ Current status of motorcycles in Japan and reduction of accidents

Professor Ozawa's seminar

■ Safety problems at chemical plants - comparison with nuclear power plants ■ Product safety and corporate response in consideration of the Kanebo vitiligo scandal ■ Trends in newspaper report on industrial product accidents - Comparison between the water heater accident of Paloma and Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident ■ Measures to prevent and reduce marine accidents ■ Product safety in view of elevator and escalator accidents ■ Study on Japan's energy policy

Professor Kanoshima’s seminar

■ Review of the range of consideration of food safety problems in modern society ■ Future challenges against new types of influenza in Japan ■ Necessity to build dams, and the current status and issues of dams ■ Risks of modern medicine and complementary alternative medicines ■ Problems of virus infection from Ebola hemorrhagic fever and dengue fever

Professor Kamei’s seminar

■ International comparative study on safety management and risk management of horse racing ■ Risk management in occupational accidents in construction industry ■ Management strategy and risk management in music industry - Current status and issues in markets that change with the environment - ■ Challenges and risks of small and medium enterprises in overseas expansion ■ Strategy and risks in game industry ■ Crisis management and leadership - Case of corporate crisis management by Carlos Ghosn ■ Study on social issues resulting from mandating dance ■ Health and risk management of female athletes - Considerations and recommendations on amenorrhea due to excessive training ■ Research on management strategy and risk management - Recommendations for curbing the decline of the professional baseball in Japan through an analysis of MLB management strategy - ■ Risk management of small and medium enterprises - Consideration on the reconstruction from the East Japan Great Earthquake, and small and medium enterprise management ■ Crisis management and leadership in sports - Case of the professional baseball and student baseball - ■ Current status and risk management of the Internet industry ■ Crisis management and leadership - Case study of football directors ■ Risk management and disaster prevention education - From the perspective of risk sensitivity

Professor Kawaguchi’s seminar

■ Application of PIV to the flow of pedestrians ■ PTV analysis of pedestrian behavior through thermography images ■ Numerical analysis of pedestrian behavior in counter flow ■ Introduction of a floor field model in an evacuation simulation by particle model ■ Measurement of friction coefficient between pedestrians ■ Numerical experiments on the effect of obstacles to escape from a space in emergency using discrete element method ■ Numerical consideration on the influence of using smartphone while walking on pedestrian collisions ■ Experimental study on elasticity of human body

Professor Kawata’s seminar

■ Estimation of fishery industry damage caused by Nankai Trough large earthquake ■ Issues in the process of creating flood hazard map ■ Consideration of tsunami disaster prevention in Maldives ■ Improvement of the quantification method of qualitative damage caused by disaster ■ Research on comprehensive lifeline restoration during Nankai Trough large earthquake - In the case of Osaka City - ■ Research on social welfare institution evacuation shelters during Nankai Trough large earthquake ■ Research on various factors that affect evacuation activities ■ Response of local governments to tourists in sightseeing spots at the time of disaster from the viewpoint of information dissemination ■ Research on isolated settlements in a disaster ■ Consideration of problems in evacuation into the underground at the occurrence of Nankai Trough large earthquake ■ Consideration of response of Osaka Municipal Subway in a storm surge disaster in Osaka Bay ■ Consideration on operating bodies of evacuation centers at school facilities in the Great East Japan Earthquake ■ Classification and case analysis of tsunami evacuation facilities ■ Study on tourism businesses for reconstruction of disaster-stricken areas in the Great East Japan Earthquake

Professor Takatorige’s seminar

■ Status of efforts by region for persons requiring evacuation assistance in Kawanishi City ■ Long-term support for restoration housing in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake ■ Safety and effectiveness of electronic tobacco ■ History of health and safety measures against supplements ■ Current status and problems of health promotion activities in the community - Sakai City - ■ Measures against risks of beef to people ■ Challenges for building a regional comprehensive care system in the Hohi area in Oita Prefecture ■ Consideration of changes in countermeasures against causative bacteria of food poisoning by hen eggs ■ Current status of fool allergy - Label requirements - ■ Consideration on homeless people issue and necessity of public employment measures ■ Current status of sewers and issues related to Sewerage Act ■ Consideration on income disparity and health disparity in Japan - With NCD at the background

Professor Takano’s seminar

■ Corporate CSR and child labor ■ Policies to improve motivation to prevent corporate scandals ■ Recommendations on effective compliance education by companies ■ Is it legitimate to introduce face authentication device by five metropolitan and prefectural police ■ A consideration on corporate employment of persons with disabilities ■ Ensuring independence of third party institutions in amendment to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information ■ A consideration on the penalty provisions in the Act on the Protection of Personal Information in Japan ■ Necessity of legal security against use and distribution of personal information in companies ■ Diffusion measures of business continuity plan (BCP) of small and medium enterprises ■ Necessity of compliance education and the way it is ■ A consideration on men taking childbearing leave ■ The way the childbearing leave system ought to be in Japan ■ Comparison between Japan and US on Institutionalization of corporate ethics ■ Regulation and response of list brokers

Professor Takahashi’s seminar

■ Coral breeding experiment and development of regeneration promotion technology using weak current ■ A hydraulic experiment on changes in water level and flow rate by submerged wave breakers ■ Fundamental study of disaster debris transfer model considering drifting and non-drifting debris caused by tsunami ■ Numerical experiments on the observation performance and suitable observation spot of tsunami using ocean radar in Wakayama Prefecture ■ Tsunami wave height calculation utilizing a detailed city model and development of visualization technology by applying AR technology ■ Numerical calculations on the 2014 Iquique earthquake tsunami and estimated tsunami off northern Chile ■ Hydraulic experiment on autonomous power generation system by electromagnetic induction using fluid vibration ■ Consideration on tsunami evacuation drill using AR tsunami hazard map and measures to improve the application

Professor Tsuchida’s seminar

■ Effect of group identification on non-party attack ■ Influence of simple contact effect and similarity on trust relationship ■ Factors that let bystanders to take aid actions in a bullying scene ■ Effect of the group environment at the workplace on the intention and action for whistle‐blowing from the inside ■ Effect of optimism and pessimism on anxiety about the possibility of disaster - Based on the survey on Nankai Trough large earthquake ~ ■ Comparison between depressive trend and degree of satisfaction in university students ■ Effect of optimism on safe food purchasing behavior ■ Effect of comments by experts on articles on attitude changes in readers ■ Effect of virtual competence, emotions of anger and self-evaluation on traffic accidents ■ Effect of mutual assistance self-monitoring and aid action at the time of disaster ■ Effect of self-efficacy on disaster countermeasure action ■ Effect of optimism, sense of justice and anxiety feeling on escape at the time of disaster ■ Effect of disaster experiences on disaster prevention awareness

Professor Nakamura’s seminar

■ Experimental study on danger of using smartphone while walking ■ Drunk driving evaluation of young drivers ■ Barrier-free facilities at stations ■ Study on the effectiveness of the reading back ■ Difference in impressions on hands-on education ■ Effect of blue light on VDT working ■ Effect of the introduction of standards on labor safety ■ Effect of aroma on error reduction ■ Influence of occupants conversation on a young driver when driving a car ■ Organizational factor of railroad accidents ■ Relationship between environmental sound and work efficiency ■ Communication gap within organization

Professor Nishimura’s seminar

■ Sleep apnea syndrome and traffic accidents ■ Improvement in traffic safety performance in old town - In the case of Tondabayashi Jinaicho ■ Measures against children abduction in Suita City ■ Consideration on the way a motorized bicycle ought to be ■ Towards a comfortable life for elderly people living in the countryside ■ The way public transportation ought to be in regional cities ■ ITS and traffic safety ■ Importance of introducing slow-mobility and possibility of its introduction in Japan ■ Danger of using smartphone while walking ■ Social dilemma on vehicles ■ Autonomous driving of automobiles and society ■ Traffic safety of people with impaired vision

Professor Hirose’s seminar

■ Effect of the reliability of the contributor on the twitter on rumor’s suppression ■ Leadership activities by advisers of high school club activity ■ Writing therapy to reduce anger in personal relationships ■ Effect of the clue to the face, voice and physical constitution on impression formation ■ Positive and negative feedback from the boss affecting the morale of part-time employees ■ Determining factors of item billing in social games ■ Effect of humorous behavior on friendship ■ Risk communication game to understand new types of influenza ■ Relationship between procrastination and satisfaction in preparing for job-seeking ■ Effect of emotional state on the attitude of product advertisements and products ■ Teamwork ability in club activities in universities ■ Influence of corporate brand and hostage posting on corporate trust ■ Effect of multiple leaders on group members

Professor Yamakawa’s seminar

■ Analysis of international relations by hyper-game - Simultaneous terrorist attacks and invasion into Afghanistan ■ Determination of priorities in nursing care work to prevent low back pain using AHP ■ Analysis of birth death process of Gnathopogon caerulescens using stochastic processes ■ Analysis of illegal downloading problems of copyrighted work using game theory ■ Effectiveness of SNS advertisement as viewed from marketing data ■ A consideration on economic model of support goods ■ Envelope analysis method with uncertain input values ■ Deciphering food safety issues in China through game theory

Professor Koshiyama’s seminar

■ Research on earthquake response of railway in the Great East Japan Earthquake ■ Elderly people in the community and fire protection measures by fire alarms for housing ■ Study on the effectiveness of knowledge transfer in school disaster prevention manual ■ Study on exhibition method in disaster museum ■ Study on earthquake early warning response plan in baseball field ■ The way a space design ought to be to promote support space ■ Relationship between city indicators and crime numbers - Targeted at Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture - ■ Proposal of tsunami evacuation countermeasures at marathon contest ■ Study on evacuation behavior characteristics of residents in mountain village areas ■ Research on the current status and issues on the operation of evacuation centers in mountainous areas ■ Study on response by the municipalities of Hiroshima, Fukuchiyama and Tanba to the torrential rain in 2014 ■ Consideration on characteristics of changes in population due to disaster and factors thereof ■ Study on voluntary disaster prevention organization in mountainous regions - Current status and issues in Kyoto Prefecture Furusato Rescue - ■ Research on the way public and private cooperation ought to be in urban regeneration safety plan

Professor Suga’s seminar

■ Folklore characteristics of Turkey and risk in doing business ■ Consideration on establishment of evacuation guidance signs of foreign tourists and information provision - Targeted at Kiyomizu and Gion areas ■ To reduce earthquake related deaths - Comparison and examination of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, the Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake Niigata Chuetsu Earthquake and the East Japan Great Earthquake - ■ Efforts towards a sustainable society - Merits and demerits of the fixed price purchase system - ■ Comparison of Gamou Mudflats (before and after the earthquake and the current status) ■ Study on issues related to life rebuilding of temporary housing residents in East Japan Great Earthquake - Targeted at Ogatsucho, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture - ■ Disaster prevention starting with knowing - Think about disaster prevention from own damage scenario - ■ A consideration on the relationship between disaster relief and welfare support - From the case analysis of the Social Welfare Council of Tamba City in the torrential rain disaster in August 2014 - ■ Indifference to disaster prevention and its improvement - As an example when an earthquake occurs in Takatsuki city - ■ Vulnerability and reconstruction of regional disasters - In the case of the torrential rain disaster in Tamba City -in 2014 - ■ House restoration activity guidelines in flood damage ■ A consideration on collaboration between administrative organizations involved in disaster victims' support and volunteer organizations with expert skills - In the case of the torrential rain disaster in Tamba City - ■ What should we do if a disaster occurs? - Consideration using a disaster scenario -

Professor Nagata's seminar

■ Study on the introduction of emergency first aid by residents in Japan ■ Research on reinforcement of the organizational system of the Fire Defense Agency in Japan ■ Wide area nuclear disaster prevention according to UPZ (urgent protective action planning zone) ■ Research on Call Triage ■ Police box system in Japan - Relationship between police and residents ■ Study on the expansion of firefighting administration in Osaka Prefecture ■ History of fire brigades - Fire brigade as a mutual aid organization and the necessity of its revival - ■ Research on civilian protection organization - Use of civil protection organization in disaster - ■ Roles and issues in operating evacuation centers at prefectural schools ■ Case study on the expansion of firefighting areas in Nara Prefecture - An attempt to centralize firefighting in the prefecture - ■ Study of measures to improve safety within PPA area ■ Study of areas where a fire brigade is not established ■ Study on changes in evacuation support system of persons requiring support for evacuation ■ Research on societal safety in administrative boundaries ■ Research on motorcycles for firefighting activities ■ Research on unification of crisis management departments in municipalities into firefighting - Merits and demerits thereof - ■ Current status of the intelligence agencies in Japan and its transformation

Professor Nagamatsu’s seminar

■ Has the deregulation in the air transportation business increased the accident rate? ■ Relationship between the safety of unlicensed nursery schools and the quality of childcare ■ Analysis on the impact of earthquake coverage on the number of volunteers ■ Estimation of cash demand at the occurrence of Nankai Trough large earthquake ■ Development of an evaluation index of regional disaster prevention ability introducing resilience concept ■ Consideration of revenue sources for victims' support organizations in the Great East Japan Earthquake ■ Analysis on pros and cons for nuclear plants and evaluation of Fukushima reconstruction ■ Estimates on drinking water supply in disaster in Takatsuki city ■ Impact of deregulation in taxi industry on accident rate - Analysis according to prefectural data - ■ Verification of deregulation results in highway bus business ■ Effect of surface development projects in the Great East Japan Earthquake on the reconstruction of the disaster area ■ Estimates of the amount of mental loss outside the evacuation order areas in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident ■ Effect of the Great East Japan Earthquake on suicide rate - Analysis according to prefectural data -

Professor Hayashi’s seminar

■ Actual status of earthquake-resistant reinforcement work in Takatsuki city and analysis of seismic performance improvement ■ Study on earthquake damage prediction method based on the number of tweets in Twitter ■ Process analysis of disaster prevention and reduction education based on disaster prevention regaining using M-GTA ■ Study on spotting locations likely to suffer earthquake disaster damage based on microtremor measurements - Consideration from measurements around the Ota River in Shizuoka Prefecture - ■ Study on sophistication of volcanic disaster prevention by introducing an event tree analysis ■ Comparative research on efforts for earthquake disaster prevention in baseball fields ■ Characteristics of huge earthquake occurrence areas and micro earthquake occurrence areas as seen from changes in the b value ■ Study on vibration characteristics of earthquake in the slab and earthquake in the crust using the vibration level ■ Study on urban development with less CO2 emissions by comparing the urban renewal process between Sakai City and Osaka City ■ Study on the damage concentration mechanism at the Kikugawa lowlands in the Tonankai earthquake of 1944 based on ground evaluation using microtremor measurements ■ Research on measures to realize barrier-free regular route buses

Professor Motoyoshi's seminar

■ Effect of people's hurtful experiences received from familiar people in adolescence on aggressiveness and impulsivity ■ Comparison of recognition of social nuisance through by family communication and out-of-family communication in childhood and adolescence ■ Relationship among relations with neighbors, intention to act for community disaster prevention, intention to act for community crime prevention, EQS and collective competence ■ Mental characteristics of moral harassers ■ Fundamental research on factors affecting residents' awareness of wind and flood damage and behavioral intentions of coping with them ■ Consideration on effects of physical activity on depression and health consciousness ■ Disaster prevention awareness of elementary pupils parents ■ Relationship between organizational commitment and corporate ethical activities ■ Differences in stress levels between a full-time housewife and a mother with work ■ Investigation of influence factors of workplace stress of young people: Analysis according to job satisfaction levels ■ Factors influencing risk-taking behavior and risk prediction while driving ■ Differences in the burden of stress in job-seeking college students ■ Study on social support that reduces workplace stress of workers

Professor Kaneko’s seminar

■ Consideration on effective efforts, regulations and measures against violent TV games ■ What is the mental health support for disaster victims in the Great East Japan Earthquake - from the perspective of legal consultation (Japan Legal Support Center) - ■ Study on mental health of college students ■ Adult children - Seeking clues to solving living difficulties - ■ Mental health and problem behaviors of university students using SNS - From the perspective of net dependence syndrome and self - love tendency - ■ Problems related to cargo handling work of track drivers in small and medium transportation companies ■ Consideration on work disparity in the truck driver industry

Professor Kono’s seminar

■ Information education using smartphones focused on social games in primary education ■ Development of information security training tool using 3D environment ■ Analysis of management consciousness of passwords for different purposes ■ Recommendations for information education in Japan in comparison with the global ICT education standards NETS ■ Use of icons for terms of use to improve user's recognition ■ Development of pseudo-hands-on disaster prevention learning materials using GBS theory ■ Future security risk extracted from security incidents up to the present

Professor Shiroshita's seminar

■ Research on disaster prevention learning using “damage estimation” ■ Research on the importance of conveying your plan to the family routinely ■ What is “disaster prevention awareness”? ■ Research on disaster culture in Hirakawa-cho, Wakayama Prefecture ■ Research on the difficulties of evacuation when an earthquake occurs at night ■ Research on the relationship between flood damage and “names of flood damaged places” ■ Study on life disaster prevention of Manno-cho, Kagawa Prefecture as viewed from drought and water saving measures