Waseda University

Iwamoto Chizuna's Ventures in Siam and the Formation of Modern Japan–Thailand Relations in the 1890s: Japanese Labor Migration, Private Enterprise, and Consular Diplomacy

This study reconstructs the activities of Iwamoto Chizuna (1858–1920), a former Japanese army officer who became one of the earliest and most active private Japanese figures in Siam (Thailand) during the formative period of modern Japan–Thailand relations in the 1890s. Drawing ex...

Standardization of shotgun metagenomics parameters for pks-positive enterobacteria detection in human fecal samples: Receiver operating characteristic analysis using polymerase chain reaction as reference standard

Enterobacteria harboring the polyketide synthase ( pks ) island ( clbA – clbS ), which encodes colibactin ( pks⁺ enterobacteria), is a putative risk factor for colorectal cancer. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is the current standard for detection. Primer-independent shotgun met...

Attachment towards generative AI influences self‐ AI agreement in personality reports

Abstract Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used as a conversational partner, yet little is known about when AI‐generated impressions of users converge with users' self‐views. Drawing on lens theory, attachment theory and the literature on belongingness and s...