WHO I am: Expertise
Briefly explains Nori's profile and expertise as well as publication lists.
wasabi can boost memory function?｜ワサビで記憶力増強？
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/wasabi-memory-boost-japanese-study-finds/ This is a pretty good story! It’s a report on an experiment at Tohoku University showing that Wasabi, a Japanese spice that is the pride of Japan (it’s on sushi all the time!), boosts memory in the elderly. It seems that a rare substance called 6-MSITC contained in Wasabi is responsible for this effect.
Stress and its relationship to overeating… is this the culprit?｜ストレスと過食との関係…犯人はこいつ？
Medical doctors and scientists have long known that overeating is a means of coping with everyday stress. In fact, we know that people who tend to stress out are more likely to become obese. This is fine as in every once awhile, but if it becomes a daily routine, it can be very dangerous because
【class】APRU Global Health Ethics 2023 course completed｜APRUグローバルヘルス倫理2023コースの終了参加証明書が届く
APRU (Association of Pacific Rim Universities) is a large education and research network with about 60 member universities around the world, and it is working to improve the quality of its researchers by offering free graduate-level classes among its member universities. Universiti Malaya, to which I belong, is also a member institution, and I was
【conf】Visit and future collaboration with the Medical Information Division of the Ministry of Health, Malaysia｜マレーシア健康省医療情報部門への訪問と今後の協業
Today, together with my colleagues from the eHealth Unit, I visited the Medical Information Section of the Department of Health, located in Putrajaya (an administrative district where the central government administrative agencies are all located). The University of Malaya, which is the oldest national university (…in fact, older than the birth of the country), has
【conf】3-day workshop with Hirosaki University team｜弘前大学チームと3日間のワークショップ
We are pleased to announce that our eHealth Unit at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya hosted a three-day workshop with two instructors from the Department of Neuropsychiatry, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine. They came here to develop more effective online information and learning materials for families of patients and teachers of preschools
【conf】Participated as a symposium presenter at the Kanagawa Society of Public Health｜神奈川県公衆衛生学会にシンポジストとしてオンライン参加
I was the only one who attended online instead of from the larger venue in Yokohama. I reported on the use of big data and AI in Malaysia, using the response to Covid-19 as an example, and talked about the future international trends of medical bigdata and AI. I myself learned a lot from the
【research】Walking in the Village of “Hidden Christians”｜隠れキリシタンの里を歩く
The eastern part of Minoh City, where my parents live, belongs to an area called “Hokusetsu/Toyono,” or “Tibet in Osaka,” where the temperature is really 2 degrees lower than in Osaka City in the winter. Furthermore, it borders Nose Town in Toyono-gun and the northern part of Ibaraki City to the north, and you can
【ytube】”How Did You Get Into Buddhism?” on Youtuber Rev. Sakuranbo’s channel｜「Youはどうして仏教に？」僧侶Youtuber桜嵐坊師のチャンネルに出演
I once appeared on the Youtube channel of Rev. Sakuranbo, with three of my colleagues from my online salon. One of us is his old, old friend. It was surprisingly well received, and I was grateful for the invitation to appear on his channel as solo this time. For a full hour, I talked about
【conf】International Collaboration – Prof CJ from Singapore, Prof Adam from Sydney｜国際コラボ目白押し～シンガポールからProf CJ、シドニーからProf Adam
Professor CJ (on right with a microphone), a good friend of mine who invited me to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Malaya in Malaysia, was for various reasons no longer at the University of Malaya and had moved to Singapore by the time I finally stepped on Malaysian soil after the Covid-19
blood-test biomarker for PTSD?
(info source: https://neurosciencenews.com/ptsd-biomarkers-blood-22877/)(img source: the same above) Of course the impact is not as big as biomarkers for major depression. PTSD is, after all, rather obvious. But still it’s a great leap in science to learn biochemical processes inside the brain when we show or don’t show PTSD symptoms. Hope it’ll help the researchers invent