Student's Graduation Thesis Theme

(AY 2016)

AY 2016 Excellent Thesis Presenter

Seminar name
Full name
Graduation research title
Professor
Nagamatsu’s
seminar
Kengo
Imaizumi
Effect of the earthquake damage estimation after the Great East Japan Earthquake on land prices
Professor
Kondoh's
seminar
Kiyoka
Ueda
Impact of sustainable disaster prevention learning on schools as a whole - Measurement of multi-faceted educational effect of disaster prevention broadcasting over school PA system -
Professor
Motoyoshi's
seminar
Mayu
Ueda
Relationship between quality of sleep and depression in the rhythm of university student life
Professor
Kondoh's
seminar
Anna
Ozaki
Potentiality of the "Principles of Disaster Prevention" - Effect analysis of action research to foster forward-looking disaster prevention awareness ~
Professor
Koshiyama's
seminar
Yukina
Kato
Visual solution to effectively display tsunami evacuation guidance signs
Professor
Takatorige’s
seminar
Chihiro
Kunisada
Prevention of hepatitis B and examination of sanitation management status of a kendo practitioner
Professor
Takatorige’s
seminar
Honami
Sawai
The way child-rearing support ought to be in light of the actual situation of child abuse
Professor
Nishimura’s
seminar
Yuki
Shigematsu
Measures against suicide in JR lines in the metropolitan area
Professor
Koshiyama's
seminar
Ikki
Takada
Fire safety measures using fire spreading simulation at Kinosaki hot spring town in Toyooka City
Professor
Kondoh's
seminar
Erika
Terao
Study on survival factors of tsunami victims - Testimony analysis of 113 victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake -
Professor
Hayashi’s
seminar
Mami
Tajima
Development of buffering materials for efficient microtremor measurements
Professor
Kawaguchi’s
seminar
Haruna
Tatenuma
Experiments on the behavioral characteristics of crowds including wheelchair users and development of numerical models
Professor
Shiroshita's
seminar
Anri
Nakamura
Disaster prevention learning to go beyond the relationship of teaching and being taught
Professor
Kondoh's
seminar
Kayoko
Hamamoto
Study on long-term educational effect of disaster prevention broadcasting over school PA system - Cohort survey at Kobe Municipal Nagata Junior High School -
Professor
Koyama's
seminar
Akari
Hara
Effect of rainfall characteristics on changes over time in soil water index
Professor
Ozawa's
seminar
Hajime
Hirose
Visualization of transient natural convection using temperature sensitive liquid crystal
Professor
Takano’s
seminar
Mai
Fukushima
A consideration on the effectiveness of internal reporting system
Professor
Kondoh's
seminar
Akihiro
Matsuo
Analysis on the campaign effect of "Watch out for fire" commercials - Action research in Cable TV of Kyo-Tanbacho -
Professor
Takatorige’s
seminar
Sawa
Maruyama
Discuss the issues of safety society from the present current status of the system to investigate the cause of death in Japan
Professor
Takano’s
seminar
Takuya
Mishima
A Study on Employee Satisfaction
Professor
Koshiyama's
seminar
Waki
Mizuta
Investigative research on characteristics of retaining wall disasters in Kumamoto earthquake
Professor
Shiroshita's
seminar
Tatsumi
Abe
Disaster prevention education to be prepared for a disaster beyond expectations using the AI MAP system
Professor
Hayashi’s
seminar
Norika
Yamamura
Examination of Onsite Early Warning Criteria for Intermediate-depth Earthquakes
Professor
Hayashi’s
seminar
Yuma
Yamamura
Analysis of ground characteristics in the Chikugo plains using microtremor measurements

Professor Abe's seminar

■ A Study on Human Error - Focused on Shigaraki Train Disaster - ■ Recent trends of railway crossing accidents and arbitrary railroad crossing ■ Safe Driving of Elderly Drivers

Professor Ozawa's seminar

■ Visualization of transient natural convection using temperature sensitive liquid crystal

Professor Kanoshima’s seminar

■ Growth strategy of Japanese pharmaceutical industry ■ Life with medicine and meals - Future support in super aged society -. ■ What is necessary to form an appropriate supplement market? ■ Comparison of food safety standards in agricultural production and issues thereof ■ Carbohydrate Limited Diet ■ Food Safety in China ■ Change in food and danger ■ Globalization, relationship between global warming and mosquito-borne infections and risk recognition ■ Japan's agriculture and the road to revitalization - In view of the agricultural policy of Switzerland ■ Display problems in tea beverage drinks in foods with function claims ■ What is health seen from sports nutrition?

Professor Kamei’s seminar

■ Health management and mental health measures in small and medium enterprises ■ Risk management of food service industry ■ Risk management of information and communication at the time of disaster ■ Measures against terrorism and risk management in sporting events ■ Recall risk of the Japanese automobile industry - Current status of recalls and characteristics from the perspective of design process ■ Risks hidden in modern buildings - Falsification of quake resistance and falsified nailing data - ■ Future risk management of the Tokaido Shinkansen ~ From the perspective of terrorism prevention ^ ■ Consideration from the perspective of risk management on pets ■ Risk management related to legal regulation of today’s Japanese wine industry - Case of Kawachi wine ■ Business strategy and risk management of established brands ■ Strategy of Oriental Land to acquire repeaters - Safe and secure risk management ■ African business and risk Management of Japanese companies in line with the economic growth of Africa ■ Supply chain risk management of finished goods manufacturers - Strengthening supply chain after the East Japan Great Earthquake and Kumamoto earthquake ~ ■ Risk management development in Oriental Land ■ Risk management in live house management ■ Increase in overseas consumption of sake and Stop the decline in domestic demand ~ Which liquor is chosen by young people? ~ ■ Issues of traditional festivals in modern times - Case of Danjiri Festival - ■ Anti-terrorism measures and risk management at the airport ■ Risk management for town development - Case of Kobe City -

Professor Kawaguchi’s seminar

■ Danger of fall of participants in lucky man race ■ Analysis of the action force distribution on pedestrians in the Akashi pedestrian bridge accident ■ Experiments on the behavioral characteristics of crowds including wheelchair users and development of numerical models ■ Influence of the stairs entrance position on evacuation time ■ Proposal of a new numerical model for crowd behavior during panic ■ Optimized guidance of spectators from the stadium to the nearest station after the event ■ Measurement of pedestrian trajectory using motion sensor

Professor Koshiyama's seminar

■ A study on the current status and issues for developing measures to allow young people to settle from their visit ■ Visual solution to effectively display tsunami evacuation guidance signs ■ Analysis of factors for the population recovery after the Great East Japan Earthquake ■ Study on disaster prevention awareness of sightseeing spots with densely populated wooden building district ■ Fire safety measures using fire spreading simulation at Kinosaki hot spring town in Toyooka City ■ Research on the utilization of prisons at the time of disaster for disaster prevention ■ Study on the expression of disaster as viewed from the book cover designs ■ Investigative research on characteristics of retaining wall disasters in Kumamoto earthquake

Professor Takatorige’s seminar

■ Current status of the vaccination system in Japan during infancy ■ Study on measures to promote reuse of food waste ■ Problem of a decrease in rabies vaccination coverage of dogs as pets ■ Lack of vacancy at nursery schools ■ Prevention of hepatitis B and examination of sanitation management status of a kendo practitioner ■ The way child-rearing support ought to be in light of the actual situation of child abuse ■ Study on the current status and issues of women's alcohol ■ Current status and issues of safety management in elderly facilities - According to an investigation of an intensive-care old people's home in Hashimoto City, Wakayama Prefecture ■ Investigation of the current status and issues of measures against indoor passive smoking in Japan ■ Current status and issues of employment of cancer patients ■ Consideration of risk management for Ebola outbreak in Japan ■ Current status of sports injuries in American football players and review of measures to reduce them ■ Changes in prevalence of tobacco consumption among women and review of reasons for smoking ■ Discuss the issues of safety society from the present current status of the system to investigate the cause of death in Japan ■ Analysis of the relationship between persons with multiple debts and changes in the transition of suicide

Professor Takano’s seminar

■ Consideration on measures to promote compliance in small and medium enterprises ■ Consideration on utilization of anonymously processed information ■ Corporate crisis management measures - Effectiveness of business continuity plan - ■ To increase the number of companies that introduce disaster timeline ■ The way the protection of informant ought to be in the internal reporting system ■ Consideration on building a crisis management system of a supply chain organization ■ A study on the effectiveness of internal reporting system ■ The way medical standards ought to be in medical litigation ■ To expand the introduction of BCP in small and medium enterprises ■ A Study on Employee Satisfaction ■ A consideration on an effective compliance system against bribery of foreign civil servants ■ The way the protection of trade secrets ought to be in Japan ■ A study on external reporting requirements in Japan's internal reporting system ■ Relationship between new value created by big data and personal information protection ■ Consideration on the diffusion of BCP - BCP and cooperation among companies

Professor Tsuchida’s seminar

■ Effect of relationship between descriptive norms and others on disaster preparedness behaviors ■ Influence of the size of the crowd and the ambiguity of evacuation purpose on entry of evacuees ■ Spatial distance and persuasive effect ■ Effects of common identity on risk communication

Professor Nagamatsu’s seminar

■ Approach to space environment pollution by space garbage and social problems ■ Effect of the earthquake damage estimation after the Great East Japan Earthquake on land prices ■ Effect of the extension of valid period of the initial inspection certificate of motorcycle on the traffic accident rate ■ Effect of damage estimation resulting from ■ Nankai Trough huge earthquake on population movement ■ Analysis of determining factors of road traffic law violation rate by drunk driving using prefectural panel data ■ Estimation of the reduction effect of emergency service demand by charging service fee ■ Quantitative analysis on rumor damage to tourism industry as a result of the Ontake volcanic eruption

Professor Nakamura’s seminar

■ Elements of alarm sounds less susceptible to environmental sounds and comparison thereof ■ Awareness survey of evacuation guidance signs to foreigners ■ Educational effects that can be expected for special activities and morals ■ Study on pedal operation method and wrong on stepping ■ Research on the safety and future issues of roundabout ■ Effect of impressions produced on recipient in communication on interpersonal relationship ■ Risk management through improvement of free throw skills ■ Cognitive approach to OJT and OFF-JT ■ Disaster prevention starting from “For important persons" ■ Difference in influence of other people involvement in growth process under stressfulness ■ Survey on driving posture ■ Observation survey and questionnaire survey on one-handed driving

Professor Nishimura’s seminar

■ The desirable way of traffic safety education ■ Current status and future prospects of the shop in Takatsuki city ■ Risk of cheerleading and its countermeasure - Towards the development of the cheerleader club of Kansai University - ■ Comparison of logistics in relief supplies in Great East Japan Earthquake and Kumamoto earthquake ■ Measures against suicide in JR lines in the metropolitan area ■ The way a large sports facility ought to be in areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake ■ Utilization of underpass space in Osaka Loop Line ■ Possibility of ultra-small mobility to support elderly mobility in rural cities ■ Areas without railroads as seen from Taisho Ward, Osaka City ■ Risk in fishing - Promotion of mandatory wearing of life jacket ■ Views on the route extension of Hokuriku Shinkansen to Osaka ■ Research for reconstruction of Kobe Electric Railway Ao Line ■ Safety performance of Osaka municipal subway compared with Asian countries ■ Current status and prospects of regional development and promotion - Examples of promotion measures by public transportation and subculture - ■ Correct handling of monitoring system in Japan - Based on the case of Itami City -

Professor Hayashi’s seminar

■ Consideration of the necessity of disaster prevention education - Learning from Hyogo Prefectural Maiko Senior High School Environment and Disaster Prevention Course - ■ Risk analysis and issues for BCMS formulation in small and medium enterprises ■ Development of buffering materials for efficient microtremor measurements ■ Research on bias of social interest in earthquake prediction ■ International comparison of regional disparities due to earthquake damage - Consideration based on shape difference of death rate curve - ■ Review of onsite earthquake warning criteria for deep-focus earthquakes ■ Analysis of ground characteristics in the Chikugo plains using microtremor measurements

Professor Hirose’s seminar

■ Risk communication game on the understanding of the acceptance of earthquake rubble ■ Risk perception of genetically modified foods and impact on avoidant purchasing behaviors ■ Influence of empowerment and cost on the intention to participate as a judge ■ Experimental research on psychological reactance for promoting communication on the need of emergency stock ■ Determining factors of intention to participate in activities of disaster prevention volunteer organizations ■ Relationship between experience in club activities during high school days and enthusiasm for joining an athletic club at university ■ Team work ability and activity satisfaction in sports team ■ Psychological factors of unsafe behavior due to dependence on smartphone ■ Effect of change in color of the outer wall of temporary housing on emotional state of residents ■ Risk perception and consumer characteristics in internet shopping of clothing products ■ Explore the determining factors of intention to participate in disaster preventionactivities of voluntary disaster prevention organizations ■ Effect of reporting in front of the court on defendants on sentencing judgment by judges ■ Influence of leadership on members' social loafing and morale ■ Psychological factors of behavior to disclose personal information on the Internet ■ Influence of leadership on members’ satisfaction and sense of belonging: Adjustment of trust in the leader

Professor Yamasaki’s seminar

■ Dance restrictions and amendment of law regulating adult entertainment businesses ■ Measures for dissemination of fair trade - Importance of intermediate support organization ■ Changes in gangster groups due to Anti-Organized Crime Law ■ Consideration on elder abuse in nursing care facilities ■ Current status and issues of motorcycle gang ■ Measures against crimes at the time of disaster ■ Consideration on regulation of hate speech ■ Drone and regulations - Responding to the industrial revolution of the sky - ■ Regulations on expressway bus business ■ Constitutionality of the revised Eavesdropping Law ■ The way new vacation rentals ought to be ■ The way safety management of fire brigade ought to be ■ Issues of Japan's Food Security Policy ■ Evacuation support and utilization of personal information ■ Building and development of victims' ledger ■ Changes in Sediment Disasters Prevention Act and future issues

Professor Kuwana’s seminar

■ Usefulness of drone insurance ■ How should insurance deal with accidents of elderly drivers? ■ Balance analysis of aviation insurance - Through comparison with mandatory vehicle liability insurance - ■ Current status and impact of Ethical Fashion ■ Black bass issues in the future ■ Influence of telematics insurance on Japanese automobile insurance ■ Bicycle Ordinance as a solution to high amount compensation ■ Marketability of personal liability insurance ■ Is there a disaster mitigation effect on health discounts in private medical insurance ■ Can private medical insurance replace the national public insurance system? ■ Compensation for accidents caused by elderly people with dementia and insurance

Professor Kono’s seminar

■ Creating a GIS map that takes into account elderly people and visually impaired people ■ Creation of analog games specialized in information security ■ Preparation of sacred ground map and review of means of transportation at sightseeing spots based on the location of the sacred ground ■ Investigation of nonverbal communication in virtual world using VR social application ■ Evaluation of discomfort factors in infeed advertisement using conjoint analysis ■ Risks of automated driving vehicles on expressways to learn from aircraft accidents ■ Analysis of factors inducing piracy inflicted by reach sites and countermeasures

Professor Koyama's seminar

■ Fundamental study on understanding rainwater penetration in slopes by temperature measurement ■ Current status and issues of sediment-related disaster warning information ■ Underground investigation and transformation analysis of masonry structure in the third Gopura of the Preah Vihear Temple ■ Current status and issues of rock judgment during mountain tunnel drilling ■ Soundness evaluation of road slope and extraction of dangerous places according to self-organizing map ■ Effect of rainfall characteristics on changes over time in soil water index ■ Risk examination in municipalities in Osaka using risk index (GNS) for natural disaster ■ Fundamental study on displacement measurement of the masonry structure in the central tower of Bayon using AR technology ■ Numerical simulation on soil particle outflow in the ground Using CFD-DEM ■ Study on design of tsunami evacuation mound in consideration of regional characteristics ■ Current status and issues of "Inochiyama (life-saving mound)" as a tsunami evacuation facility ■ Numerical simulation on earthquake response of a plain concrete pier reinforced with steel bar

Professor Kondoh's seminar

■ Content analysis of disaster photographs - Comparison between national newspapers and local newspapers at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake - ■ Impact of sustainable disaster prevention learning on schools as a whole - Measurement of multi-faceted educational effect of disaster prevention broadcasting over school PA system - ■ Potentiality of the "Principles of Disaster Prevention" - Effect analysis of action research to foster forward-looking disaster prevention awareness ~ ■ Potentiality of putting in practice of a "Disaster prevention radio drama" - Action research by Shinyo elementary school in Kobe City Nagata Ward - ■ Content analysis targeting at NHK's emergency coverage from the foreshock to the main shock of the Kumamoto earthquake in 2016 ■ Potentiality of "Reconstruction Support Song" ~ Study of songs encouraging victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake ~ ■ Study on description of bodies in disaster reports - Comparative analysis of judgment criteria of press workers and university students - ■ Survey on the actual condition of legend design of flood hazard map ■ Study on survival factors of tsunami victims - Testimony analysis of 113 victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake - ■ Study on long-term educational effect of disaster prevention broadcasting over school PA system - Cohort survey at Kobe Municipal Nagata Junior High School - ■ Information acquisition behavior of overseas students at the Kumamoto - Oita Earthquake ■ Time series analysis of "Extraordinary issue of Public Bulletin Rikuzen Takata” at the Great East Japan Earthquake ■ Influence of program broadcast of "Principles of Disaster Prevention” on disaster prevention awareness of residents ■ Analysis on the campaign effect of "Watch out for fire" commercials - Action research in Cable TV of Kyo-Tanbacho -

Professor Shiroshita's seminar

■ Disaster prevention education to be prepared for a disaster beyond expectations using the AI MAP system ■ Participation in disaster prevention through Twitter ■ Research on creating a place for learning by utilizing mini FM radio broadcasting ■ Depth of visitor questionnaires at disaster museum ■ Disaster prevention learning to go beyond the relationship of teaching and being taught ■ Disaster education to encourage the discovery of potential disaster prevention in modern society ■ A new approach to disaster prevention to learn from medical treatment ■ “Learning” of experts in cooperative practice between experts and citizens

Professor Suga's seminar

■ Conditions to hold meetings for promotion consensus formation of the residents in the process of reconstruction - From the case analysis of the northern Noda area in the Hanshin - Awaji Great Earthquake - ■ Exploring to develop sustainable regions from the reconstruction process in local disasters - In the case of the torrential rain disaster in Tamba City in August, 2014 ■ Possibility of disaster volunteer activities in light of the Kumamoto earthquake - From a case analysis of Minami Aso Reconstruction Support Center ■ Community support in the reconstruction process from the Kumamoto earthquake - Consideration from the experience and knowledge obtained from the disaster in the past ■ Current status and issues of wide area cooperation at the time of disaster - From the case studies of the Hanshin - Awaji Great Earthquake, the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Kumamoto earthquake - ■ The way the reconstruction project in city centers ought to be - Commercial reconstruction in the south of Nagata ward, Kobe City ■ Exploring sustainability from reconstruction support in the mountainous areas with the crisis of extinction - Targeting at the Minami Aso village in Kumamoto Prefecture - ■ Current status and issues in relation to operation of disaster volunteer center at the time of a large-scale disaster - According to past cases and questionnaire analysis by councils of social welfare ■ Possibility and challenges of prefectural information sharing conference during the initial stage of disaster - From analysis of the minutes of a meeting organized by a private organization on the Kumamoto earthquake ■ Town development system of Noda Northern District in the Hanshin-Awaji Great Earthquake disaster areas - Case analysis of the Bicycle Parking Project in front of the Takatori Station of the Noda North Furusato Net- ■ Possibility of public-private partnership in case of disaster - Consideration from the public-private partnership in the Kumamoto earthquake - ■ The reconstruction city plan of Nagata ward in Kobe City from the perspective of changes in population - Redevelopment projects of the district in the south of Shin-Nagata station and land readjustment project of Nagata ward ■ Town development and disaster prevention of important preservation district of historic buildings - Case of Imaicho in Kashiwara City

Professor Nagata's seminar

■ Study on strategies to acquire young people for fire brigade ■ Study on the current status of nuclear disaster prevention in regional disaster prevention plan and measures thereof - Differences between regions through analysis of copy and paste ■ Study on the water defense team in Osaka City ■ Current status analysis on disaster prevention administration and fire protection administration in prefectures ■ Current status of emergency response in areas without a permanent firefighting team ■ Study on the crisis management system of local governments ■ Research on the latest trend of wide area restructuring of firefighting ■ Research on social evaluation of fire brigade by Twitter analysis ■ Resident on first aid provision by residents - Overseas cases and the latest trends in Japan ■ "Life saving" and diffusion thereof ■ Historical analysis of regional disparities among municipal firefighting headquarters ■ Research on the evacuation system in nuclear disaster prevention ■ Research on people protection plan in Japan ■ Consideration of the current status and prospects of vehicles used in firefighting activities in Japan - Inter-regional research on firefighting power in light of fire-fighting vehicles - ■ Research on disaster prevention administration in the central government in Japan

Professor Motoyoshi's seminar

■ Relationship between the quality of sleep and depression in the rhythm of university student life ■ Stress and growth in job-seeking activities of college students ■ Mental health measures for school teachers