Ochanomizu University

A visual analysis tool for checking volleyball serve form

Abstract This paper proposes a system that integrates a series of visualization components to observe the process of serve practice. This study supposes to ask the players to repeatedly hit the serve toward a target object, and the user of the system measures the distance between...

Validation and Reliability Assessment of the Japanese Version of the Salzburg Stress Eating Scale in an Adult Population

Abstract Recent studies have explored the impact of stress on eating behavior, necessitating a clear understanding of eating patterns during periods of heightened stress. They revealed that individuals either increased, decreased, or maintained an unchanged food intake under stre...

Derivation of human post-mitotic cardiomyocytes from tetraploid iPSCs

Human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived cardiomyocytes (iPS-CMs) have great potential in regenerative medicine. However, iPS-CMs are immature and resemble fetal cardiomyocytes, restricting their application. Fetal cardiomyocytes in the human heart are diploid and proli...