Hosei University

Integrating the social and solidarity economy into global health: towards structural transformation for equity, resilience, and sustainability

Abstract Global health is shaped by complex and interdependent challenges across social, commercial, environmental, technological, and political domains that cannot be solved by the health sector alone. In response, alternative economic models and paradigms have gained attention....

Carbon-regulated ZnS heterostructures for pseudocapacitors: unveiling the suppressive effect of excess carbon on specific capacitance and electrochemical kinetics

A ZnS–carbon heterostructured electrode was synthesized using different initial carbon loadings and systematically investigated for pseudocapacitive energy storage. The study focuses on elucidating how carbon loading influences the structural, interfacial, and electrochemical cha...

Dynamic Bending of Carbodiimide Anions Derives Uniaxial Negative Thermal Expansion in ZnNCN

Abstract Materials exhibiting negative thermal expansion (NTE), characterized by anomalous lattice contractions upon heating, have attracted considerable attention because of the unique attendant changes in crystal structure. A wide variety of compounds, including metal oxides, f...

Enzymatic Hydrogen Cyanide Release from Mandelonitrile Esters in Oribatid Mites

Abstract Arthropods use chemical defenses against predators by releasing toxic or repellent compounds from specialized exocrine glands. Oribatulid mites (Oribatida: Oribatulidae) contain mandelonitrile hexanoate (MNH); when they are subjected to physical stimuli, MNH decomposes t...

H I Absorbers as Beacons of Hidden Structure at z ~ 3: Multi-Component, Metal-Rich Absorption System near a Protocluster

Abstract H i gas traces the large-scale structure and provides the primary fuel for star formation. High-z protoclusters are ideal laboratories to study how H i gas is accreted and consumed during the formation of the most massive structures in the Universe. However, much remains...

Face orientation in offender portraits: Differences by crime type and gender

A left-cheek bias has often been reported in previous studies of general portraiture. However, it remains unclear whether a similar tendency appears in offender portraits. The present study examined face orientation in newspaper portraits of murderers and fraud offenders. The ana...

Exergy analysis on daylighting with a single-paned glass window and PV-based electric lighting

This study aims to evaluate two representative pathways for utilizing solar radiation in a building for indoor lighting using exergy analysis: (1) direct daylight utilization through a window system and (2) indirect utilization through electric lighting powered by photovoltaic (P...