This paper presents methods to predict retrieval terms from relevant/surrounding words or descriptive texts in Japanese by using deep learning methods, which are implemented with stacked denoising autoencoders (SdA), as well as deep belief networks (DBN). To determine the effectiveness of using DBN and SdA for this task, we compare them with conventional machine learning methods, i.e., multi-la...

Visible/Near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (Vis/NIRS) was applied to variety discrimination of juicy peach. A total of 75 samples were investigated for Vis/NIRS using a field spectroradiometer. Chemometrics was used to build the relationship between the absorbance spectra and varieties. Principle component analysis (PCA) was executed to reduce numerous wavebands into 8 principle components ...

Driving simulators can be used to evaluate driving performance under controlled, safe conditions. Teen drivers are at particular risk for motor vehicle crashes and simulated driving can provide important information on performance. We developed a new simulator protocol, the Simulated Driving Assessment (SDA), with the goal of providing a new tool for driver assessment and a common outcome measu...

BACKGROUND Food adulteration remains a major global concern. DNA fingerprinting has several advantages over chemical and morphological identification techniques. DNA microarray-based fingerprinting techniques have not been used previously to detect adulteration involving dried commercial samples of closely related species. Here we report amplification of low-level DNA obtained from dried commer...

Quorum sensing (QS) is a type of cell-cell communication using signal molecules that are released and detected by cells, which respond to changes in their population density. A few studies explain that QS may operate in a density-dependent manner; however, due to experimental challenges, this fundamental hypothesis has never been investigated. Here, we present a microfluidic static droplet arra...

Specific dynamic action (SDA) is defined as the energy expended during ingestion, digestion, absorption and assimilation of a meal. This study presents the first data on the SDA response of individual tunas of any species. Juvenile Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus orientalis; body mass 9.7-11.0 kg; N=7) were individually fed known quantities of food consisting primarily of squid and sardine (meal...

Irradiation is an effective technology in eliminating Listeria monocytogenes, but it induces quality changes in meat products at or above specific radiation doses. To minimize irradiation-induced quality changes, only low irradiation doses are recommended. However, low-dose irradiation provides a chance for some pathogens to survive and proliferate during prolonged storage. To solve this proble...

The data descriptions of the units are called "symbolic" when they are more complex than standard ones due to the fact that they contain internal variation and are structured. Symbolic data arise from many sources, for instance in order to summarise huge Relational Data Bases by their underlying concepts. "Extracting knowledge" means getting explanatory results, that why, "symbolic objects" are...