Student's Graduation Thesis Theme

(AY 2015)

AY 2015 Excellent Thesis Presenter

Seminar name
Full name
Graduation research title
Professor
Takatorige’s
seminar
Saneyuki
Ozono
Changes in the positioning of dental oral health as a result of progress of super aged society and issues
Professor
Takahashi’s
seminar
Teppei
Ohno
Development of flood risk assessment method according to multiple scenarios
Professor
Kawaguchi’s
seminar
Hiroki
Kano
Experimental consideration on automobile traveling safety when driving with one hand on the wheel
Professor
Takahashi’s
seminar
Nao
Kobayashi
Numerical experiment on tsunami source estimation using space-time distribution of surface velocity
Professor
Takahashi’s
seminar
Shiho
Somekawa
Hydraulic experiment on saturated suspended sediment concentration at the arrival of a tsunami
Professor
Hayashi’s
seminar
Yusuke
Nagase
Analysis of ground vibration characteristics in Osaka Plain with a focus on the direction of arrival of seismic waves
Professor
Kondoh's
seminar
Kosuke
Minamino
Study on the potentiality of disaster cartoons
Professor
Kawaguchi’s
seminar
Yuka
Yanaguchi
Numerical consideration of the effect of gradient of stairs on evacuation time

Professor Ozawa's seminar

■ Future directions for regulating nuclear power plants in view of the Fukushima nuclear power plant accident ■ Safety performance of railway vehicles when receiving crosswind ■ Safety of nuclear power plants - Quenching phenomenon of vertical single pipe - ■ Effects of crosswind on railway vehicles and countermeasures ■ Safety of nuclear power plants - Quenching of high temperature objects and visualization- ■ Derailment of a train by crosswind - Changes in drag coefficient according to shape and wind direction - ■ Safety of nuclear power plants - Quenching experiment due to differences in wall thickness - ■ Safety of nuclear power plants - Quenching phenomenon of high temperature objects with different heat capacity -

Professor Kanoshima’s seminar

■ Prospects of organic food industry ■ Research on diet’s effect to be obtained from drinking water ... Consideration from the viewpoint of health and safety ■ Challenges of Food Hygiene Administration: Consideration from the response to food poisoning incidents ■ Consideration on Japanese people eating less rice ... Daily use of rice flour ■ Prevention method based on current diagnosis of depression and treatment ■ School lunch and food education ■ B-1 Grand Prix and town development - Success conditions - ■ Food safety issues in China

Professor Kamei’s seminar

■ Risk management by established firms ■ Service and risk management - The Moment of Truth - ■ Risk management in music live entertainment business - How to cope with risks in rapidly growing music live market? - In the case of K-Pop ■ Regulations and risk management surrounding Japanese wine industry ■ Supply chain and risk management by finished goods makers - Recommendation on resilience improvement after the East Japan great earthquake - ■ Civic marathon and risk management - With a focus on health risk and terrorist risk - ■ Risk management at IT industry in My Number system operation ■ Risk management of government-operated gambling - International comparison of horse races and jockeys - ■ Measures against terrorism by global companies ■ Marketing and risk management of disaster prevention, safety, and environmental problem-oriented products: How is it possible to disseminate products appropriate for disaster prevention, safety and environmental issues? - In the case of “super fence” using thinned wood and local lumber in place of block fence - ■ Mental health and risk management of small and medium enterprise operators - From the perspective of business succession - ■ Risk management of sports management - Consideration on community-based team -

Professor Kawaguchi’s seminar

■ Verification of accuracy of walking speed in PIV measurement ■ Numerical simulation of crowd compression based on human body pressure data ■ Consideration on followability and accuracy of behavior of pedestrians in PTV analysis ■ Experimental consideration on bicycle riding safety when riding with one hand on the handle ■ Risk indicators on safety of fireworks displays ■ Comparison of safety measures in dangerous festival events ■ Effect of the orientation of the bench at railway stations on the traffic volume ■ Simulation of pedestrian crossflow using discrete element method ■ Experimental study on danger by operation of smartphone while walking ■ Behavior survey of stroller users when riding on a train ■ Numerical consideration on the effect of gradient of stairs on evacuation time ■ Safety performance study based on hydrodynamic drag acting on large kites

Professor Kawata’s seminar

■ Review of the methods to quantify disaster ■ Fire fighting measures and evacuation in super high rise apartments ■ Study on the opening period of evacuation centers that affect school education at the time of disaster ■ Need for the Japanese version FEMA and toward is realization ■ Issues related to medical costs for diabetic patients in the Nankai Trough massive earthquake ■ Improvement of response to shortage of supplies at the time of a huge disaster ■ Disaster prevention issues in isolated rural areas in the Kii peninsula ■ Consideration on evacuation of underground passages in Nankai Trough massive earthquake ■ Regional distribution of corporate enterprises developing in Asian countries ■ Study on risk evaluation of airports in tsunami disaster ■ Information necessary for foreign visitors to Japan in the event of a disaster ■ Transmission of the lessons of disaster to future generations ■ Study to ensure power supply to be used for home dialysis treatment ■ Fire awareness survey to employees of paid nursing homes ■ Residential area selection method considering damage of natural disaster

Professor Takatorige’s seminar

■ Changes in the positioning of dental oral health as a result of progress of super aged society and issues ■ Why does Japan strictly regulate cannabis? ■ Review of the agricultural structure from the perspective of rice price policy and direct payment policy ■ Food Traceability System - From the perspective of food fraud prevention - ■ Implementation status review of sex education for prevention of sexually transmitted diseases ■ Review of support of elderly people using nursing care insurance services at the time of occurrence of a disasters - According to the case in the Ishinomaki area in Miyagi Prefecture during the Great East Japan Earthquake - ■ Consideration of issues related to an increase in foreign TB patients in Japan ■ Legalization of medical cannabis in Japan ■ Drug addiction and awareness of drug abuse of young people ■ Consideration on support for homeless people ■ Understanding of and response to people requiring consideration by local governments n the event of a disaster ■ Current status and issues for supporting elderly people with dementia in the community and training of supporters ■ Income disparity and lifestyle-related disease - Current status of health disparity - ■ Challenges for measures against new types of influenza in Japan

Professor Takano’s seminar

■ Consideration on the prevention of information leakage as a result of the application of My Number Law by companies in Japan ■ The way My Number System ought to be in Japan ■ A consideration on effective use of internal reporting system ■ Recommendations on measures to achieve work-life balance in companies ■ Problems of Personal Information Protection Act ■ Study of management corporate ethics against corporate scandals ■ Actual situation of the BCP diffusion in small and medium enterprises and consideration of measures for its penetration ■ A consideration of the work style of women in Japan ■ A consideration on women’s employment ■ A consideration on work flexibility in Japan ■ A consideration on the practice and establishment of corporate ethics ■ Recommendations on the BCP formulation

Professor Takahashi’s seminar

■ Development of flood risk evaluation method according to multiple scenarios ■ Numerical experiment on tsunami source estimation using space-time distribution of surface velocity ■ Numerical analysis on estimation of tsunami wave source using sea level disturbance caused by fault movement ■ Hydraulic experiment on non-stationarity of sediment transport at the arrival of a tsunami ■ Hydraulic experiment on saturated suspended sediment concentration at the arrival of a tsunami ■ Hydraulic experiment on flow rate of tsunami wave source and sea level disturbance ■ Numerical experiment on saturated suspended sediment concentration at the arrival of a tsunami

Professor Tsuchida’s seminar

■ Review of factors affecting self-disclosure - Comparison using different communication media ■ Effect of interpretation level theory and dual process theory on purchasing activity of disaster prevention goods. ■ Effects of self-esteem, public self-consciousness, and desire to acquire praise on Twitter registrants and dependents ■ Effect on sense of indiscretion, sense of belonging and longing for a relationship with others in terror management theory ■ Naming problems of contemporary children using priming effect ■ Construction and synchronization of trust relationship by simple contact effect ■ Effects of differences in cognitive strategies on disaster countermeasure action

Professor Nagamatsu’s seminar

■ Review of measures against terrorism in Japan using scenario planning ■ Analysis of determinants of birth rate using prefectural data ■ Does the surface development project promote the reconstruction truly? ■ Estimates of improvement values of voting rate by CVM ■ Does disaster damage risk make people unhappy? ■ Did the estimation of a huge disaster damage risk cause a decrease in population? ■ Research on the system to support voluntary return of the driver's license of elderly people in municipalities

Professor Nakamura’s seminar

■ Accidents caused by erroneously stepping on an accelerator and a brake ■ Influence of alcohol intake on the execution of cognitive tasks ■ Communication errors in e-mail transmission ■ Differences in judgment according to the degree of skills - Using the kick motion of the goal keeper in football - ■ Drug mix up and countermeasures ■ Regional comparison on measures against bicycle accidents ■ Effect of visual factors on rushing to get on a train ■ Experimental review on the risk of using smartphone while walking - Influence on target detection rate in peripheral vision during light adaptation - ■ Review of verbal expressions leading to evacuation ■ Driving action under the influence of aroma ■ Rugby ball bounding and study on the degree of skills ■ Influence of music listening on visual information processing during driving ■ Survey on knowledge on concussion and second Impact and response thereto ■ Influence of first impressions on information transmission and persuasion effect

Professor Nishimura’s seminar

■ Effect of the construction of the Second Keihan Highway on peripheral areas ■ Necessity of Shikoku Shinkansen ■ Measures to reduce elderly drivers’ fatal accidents ■ Investigation of goods supply system during a disaster in Gifu City and recommendations ■ Risk of riding on a bicycle while listening to music ■ Study on 'town planning focused on crime prevention' from attachment to the community ~ Focusing on changes in social structure and community formation ~ ■ Relation between fire brigade and fire prevention awareness of residents ■ Trends and revitalization along the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line ■ Possibility of digital signage to improve convenience of community bus ■ Bicycles as a means for urban transportation - Consideration on the current status and future of community cycle ■ Importance of ensuring safety in holding events ■ Possibility of IR in Japan

Professor Hirose’s seminar

■ Effect of the amount of gaze in the interview scene for job-seeking activities on impression formation ■ Influence of differences in college clubs on teamwork abilities ■ Influence of the number of retweets and attachment of photos on the transmission of a rumor ■ Effect of efforts on common goals on the sense of belonging and trust on other regions - Gaming experiment using virtual world game - ■ Communication of risks of radiation exposure - Influence of verbal expressions on the evaluation of information ■ Effect of tolerance to others in interpersonal conflict on mental health ■ Relation between control of injury risk in contact sports and mental competitive ability ■ Effect of tendency to put off things and sense of self-efficacy on postponement for report submission ■ Relationship between putting off preparation for job-seeking activities and general tendency to put off things and self-control ■ Influence of emotions on refined product information in purchasing scenes ■ Influence of variations in consumer evaluation on online purchasing behavior ■ Effects of facial appearance on personal evaluation in job-seeking interviews ■ Influence of feeling of aversion on ethical judgment in corporate situations

Professor Yamasaki’s seminar

■ Hoarding house issue ■ Legal regulations and issues of hate speech in Japan ■ Legal system of emissions trading ■ Research on the dangers involved in regulations on life safety ordinance ■ Fiscal rebuilding and reconstruction legislation of municipalities ■ Consideration on the risk of deregulated financial industry ■ Limit of naming rights - In the case of Akuma-chan incident - ■ Problems relating to the provision of benefits in the Organized crime exclusion ordinances ■ Measures against an increase in first aid demand and the way the first aid services ought to be in the future ■ Legal problems in child abuse ■ Long working hours at black companies and countermeasures

Professor Kuwana’s seminar

■ Moral hazard of Hyogo Prefectural Citizens Bicycle Insurance ■ High indemnity liability for increasing bicycle accidents and bicycle insurance ■ Influence of overseas insurance on nuclear energy liability insurance in Japan - Through reinsurance overseas and in Japan - ■ Pros and cons of the “abolition of reinsurance by the government” in mandatory automobile third party liability insurance ■ Proposal for the diffusion of soil insurance in Japan ■ Current status of no-loss and no-profit in earthquake insurance ■ No-loss and no-profit of public policy - Consideration of nuclear energy liability insurance ■ Current status of the “principle of no-loss and no-profit” in mandatory automobile third party liability insurance ■ Is the earthquake insurance a burden for the government? - Using the Insurance Statistical Data Magazine - ■ Towards the diffusion of environmental impairment liability insurance

Professor Kono’s seminar

■ Influence of opinion bias in Internet collective intelligence platform and countermeasures ■ Analysis of the status of prefectural welfare evacuation centers ■ Study on vulnerability related to use of biometric authentication system in daily life ■ Sleep state management with wearable device to prevent dozing off while driving ■ Consideration of “Hi Mate” in university life ■ Analysis of the degree of awareness of threats on the Internet and awareness of information security, by media ■ Consideration and recommendations on stress management education as viewed from two cases of juvenile offenses ■ Control model of outflow discharge rate of the Seta River Weir considering the amount of snowfall and amount of melted snow ■ Feature Extraction of SNS users

Professor Koshiyama’s seminar

■ Study on the actual state of mutual assistance measures for the elderly in the elementary school district - Current status and issues in the elementary school district in Nagoya City ■ Study on characteristics of hands-on disaster prevention learning facility ■ Research on the preservation process of disaster vestiges ■ Evacuation plan study at a ski resort in emergency ■ Study on food distribution by municipalities in the East Japan Great Earthquake ■ Current status and issues on managing crisis and ensuring safety for foreign visitors to Japan affected by a disaster ■ Study on activities and awareness changes in students participating in disaster prevention training for junior high school and high school students ■ Research on the difficulty of town development and reconstruction in fishing villages ■ Analysis of the current status and issues of the evacuation plan in the fireproof system of the castle ■ Study on the response of each municipal tourism association in the Great East Japan Earthquake ■ Study on cases of disaster prevention town development in Keihansin areas

Professor Koyama’s seminar

■ Earthquake response analysis of unreinforced concrete bridge piers built by manifold method ■ Research on issuing and canceling orders for advance transit and operation regulations during rainfall ■ In-situ measurement and monitoring of slopes along the national roads for controlling traffic in anticipation of rainfall ■ Research on criteria for issuing orders to control traffic in anticipation of rainfall using numerical analysis ■ Analysis of deformation of the stonework in the Bayon central tower using single photogrammetry ■ Research on risk assessment of road slope surface based on Self-Organizing Map ■ Review of dynamic grouting method using CFD-DEM

Professor Kondoh's seminar

■ Development of crossroads for disaster damage reporting ■ Action research focused on artifacts of tsunami evacuation measures ■ Analysis of contents of emergency coverage by commercial broadcasting television stations at the time of arrival of the tsunami in the East Japan great earthquake ■ Reality of university students against tsunami warning ■ Consideration on the method of transmitting early warning information in administrative agencies ■ Consideration on the potential of disaster cartoons ■ Disaster prevention learning using school broadcasting

Professor Shiroshita's seminar

■ “Convinced judgment” to make a comprehensive approach to disasters and accidents ■ Disaster prevention in terms of religion and science ■ Verification of validity boundary of natural disaster science using the concept of "journal community" ■ Practical study on DCP to improve BCP formulation rate ■ Practical application of disaster prevention education for “sharing” in elementary schools - Disaster prevention learning based on social constructivism view

Professor Suga's seminar

■ Tracing the reconstruction process with resident participation in the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake - Targeting a Taisho-suji Shopping District in Shin - Nagata Station Area - ■ Possibility and problems of citizen activity after the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake - From historical analysis and case studies - ■ Disasters facing Tokushima Prefecture - Magnitude of damage caused by the Nankai Trough Earthquake and Tsunami - ■ Review of future disaster prevention in the Komagabayashi areas where wooden houses are packed densely ■ Review of disaster image based on Disaster Imagination Game (DIG) ■ Current status and issues in Shin-Nagata Station Minami Area and Taisho-suji Shopping District after the earthquake - Businesses in temporary store village Parar ■ Review of disaster risks based on Disaster Imagination Game - According to a practical case in Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture ■ Attempt to construct disaster prevention measures based on disaster image - From the disaster scenario of Matsuyama city - ■ Possibility and challenges in disaster support activities in Japan - From analysis of cases of international cooperation NGOs - ■ Reconstruction and future of Taisho-suji Shopping District in the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake ■ Consideration of spontaneous management - Duality of objects for non-profit organizations - ■ Research on the Shina-Nagata Minami District and Taishou-suji Shopping District in terms of commercial functions - Consideration from the effect given by the Town Development Council of Kunizuka District ■ Disaster prevention by sensing a nearby danger - “Disaster Prevention Scenario” of Takatsuki City -

Professor Nagata's seminar

■ Research on empty house issues ■ Study on the necessity of national emergency rights in Japan ■ Research on the flood control administration in Japan ■ Consideration of administrative measures for a dwindling number of firefighters ■ Study on private fire brigade ■ Current status and issues of nuclear disaster prevention in light of regional disaster prevention plan ■ Study of mutual aid organization to cope with multiple hazards ■ Research on security maintenance after occurrence of natural disasters - focused on cases of torrential rains in Kanto and Tohoku - ■ Research on disaster prevention plan of important preservation district of historic buildings ■ Study on the introduction of civilian protection organization in Japan ■ Research on overseas expansion of disaster prevention technology companies in Japan ■ Study on decreased disaster prevention capabilities caused by merger of municipalities - focused on the case of Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture ■ Research on first aid in towns without permanent firefighters ■ Research on sophistication of expertise of fire brigade in Japan ■ Research on the latest trend of wide area restructuring of regular fire fighting ■ Research on administrative boundaries - Focused on the case of the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge - ■ Introduction of community first responder in Japan - Consideration from Furusato Rescue in Kyoto Prefecture -

Professor Hayashi’s seminar

■ Research on disaster occurrence mechanism of the Okayama plain in the 1946 Nankai earthquake using microtremor measurements - Comparative estimation with damage of the Ota River lowland of the 1944 Tonankai earthquake ~ ■ Influence of old terrain on ground vibration characteristics - Consideration from microtremor measurements in southern part of Okayama plain ~ ■ Study on applicability of Marzano's Taxonomy to school disaster prevention education ■ Study on Improvement of earthquake resistance ratio through provision of empty house measures ■ Analysis of ground vibration characteristics in the Osaka Plain focused on the direction of arrival of seismic waves ■ Study on installation cost of a tsunami evacuation tower -Cost-benefit analysis in sight - ■ Measures to improve the system’s diffusion in light of regional differences in earthquake insurance subscription rate

Professor Akiyama’s seminar

■ Accidents caused at sports facilities and by equipment and tools in school life ■ Legal issues on automated driving of automobiles ■ Towards facilitating information operation aimed at evacuation support of persons requiring special help in the case of a disaster ■ For improving the effectiveness of fire prevention ~ System to utilize fire survey on product fire - ■ Land and building defects and judicial relief for victims of defective home building ■ Expansion of consumer damage due to personal information leakage and responsibility of business operators

Professor Kaneko’s seminar

■ Consideration of regional cooperation for suicide prevention ■ Current status and future of homosexual marriage ■ Reduction of bullying by simulation ■ Mental health at workplace ■ Measures against depression through thinking and mental health improvement ■ Employee mental health ■ Mental health measures for small and medium business owners