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Music Therapy is the intentional and systematic use of music to restore physical and mental health, maintain and improve function, enhance quality of life, and change behavior, using the physiological, psychological, and social functions of music (see Japanese Music Therapy Association). In recent years, the need for music therapy has been increasing, and it is used in nursing homes and medical hospitals. However, scientific evidences are needed to clarify why and how music therapy works. In fact, Evidence-Based Music Therapy is needed (Bando, 2008; Sato, 2011). Under these circumstances, emerging research field of "Neurosciences and Music (NeuroMusic)" have a potential to elucidate how music is processed in the human brain and body (Fujii, 2018). The development of Neurosciences and Music is important in pioneering the field of Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT) (Altenmüller & Schlaug, 2013). Recently, older adults with musical training were reported to perform better on cognitive tasks, such as working memory and executive function, than older adults without musical training (Grassi et al., 2017). Exercise with music was also reported to improve and maintain cognitive function in older adults (Satoh et al., 2014; 2017). Based on these previous studies, it is suggested that music is useful for improving and maintaining cognitive functions, but the underlying mechanisms have not yet been fully investigated. In this lecture, we will first learn about the basics, current status, and challenges of music therapy. Next, with the cooperation of Dr. Yuko Shindo from Shirankai Shirankai Hikarigaoka Hospital, we will learn how the effects of music therapy, music-supported therapy, and background music in day care are tested scientifically. Specifically, the participants in this class will learn what kind of cognitive and musical function assessments are used to verify the effects of music interventions on cognitive function, motivation, depression, etc., and the relationship between these effects and musical background. In addition, the participants in this class will visit Shirankai Hikarigaoka Hospital in Takaoka City, Toyama Prefecture, to observe music therapy, music-assisted therapy, and the use of background music in a day care setting, as well as to practice cognitive and musical function assessments. Finally, the participants will also learn how to analyze data and perform statistical analysis of data obtained from cognitive and musical assessments.

From the fall semester of 2022, the theme will be "Space and Art / Art in the 2020s" and will be conducted in "Type A". We will pursue, in parallel, art that is timeless and art that can be realized only in this era. The goal is for students to be able to create works that can be presented externally after three years of enrollment. In parallel, we will develop a toolkit for artists and designers in the era of high-performance computing.

This special workshop aims at obtaining knowledge of neuroscience, dermatological, and haptic science. Specifically, we plan to conduct research on how a sense of touch is related to deep SHITSUKAN, which can be acquired on the skin surface.

This special research project is a part of a collaborative study with the SFC TOUCH LAB (Nakatani lab) and the biophysics lab (at Chiba University).

After taking this class, we wish students to learn research methodologies in haptic sciences with dermatological sciences for finishing students' graduation research projects (for both grad and undergrad students).

It is known that there are about 40 trillion microorganisms of about 1,000 species living symbiotically in the human body. These flora vary greatly depending on the individual and the environment, and are known to have various effects on the human body through crosstalk with the host. In this project, we focus on intestinal bacteria and skin indigenous bacteria among the indigenous bacteria in the human body, and analyze the bacterial flora by meta-16S rRNA gene sequencing and metabolome analysis using CE-TOFMS to clarify the interrelationship among bacterial flora, metabolites, and host. In this summer project, we will conduct bacterial flora analysis and metabolome analysis, and discuss among the members to develop our individual research. During staying at TTCK, members can develop the individual research respectively outside of class hours, too.

Assuming that we conduct policy research using questionnaire survey, this course will provide opportunity for participants to collectively learn efficient ways to design quesionnaire survey and analize its results, and to deepen knowledge by conducting design and analysis themselves.

Recently, various types of metabolome analysis methods have appeared, and it is possible to measure a large number of metabolites. In this project, we will deepen our understanding of typical metabolome analysis methods and conduct metabolome analysis research using actual instrument.

Since the end of the last century, the complete genomic sequences of many organisms have been determined. The impact of these genome projects on the various fields of science has been enormous. It could be said that we now have in our hands “the blueprints of life” for these organisms. At the beginning of the 21st century, it became apparent that large numbers of noncoding RNAs are, unexpectedly, encoded in these genomes. These RNAs are not translated into proteins but act as riboregulators, and have had another huge impact on the life sciences. More recently still, a new tide of research into the classical noncoding RNAs, such as the transfer RNAs (tRNAs), has arrived. In this project, we are especially focusing on the following subjects: (1)To organize main biofilm components and their biosynthesis genes. (2) To survey VP24 protein across all species of the Ebolavirus. (3) To survey CSD protein as a transcription elongation function indicator.

We will consider the future direction of agriculture and food in Japan based on discussions with farmers and startups in "Tokachi".

The Augmented Town research project aims to build a new town platform using the latest technologies in XR and robotics, targeting a specific area in Tottori Prefecture as a model case. The keyword for this special research project is “augmentation”. While preserving the good old parts of the community, we will introduce various state-of-the-art technologies to prototype a system that will create new value and presence in the town.

We will research rural landscape as a regional asset by surveying the landscape of rural villages, interviewing local residents, and talking to the local government in Kamiyama-cho, Nasai-gun, Tokushima Prefecture.
As the concept of "cultural landscape" suggests, a landscape is an expression of the overall system that includes the natural environment of the area and the livelihood of its inhabitants, and its preservation requires "dynamic conservation" to maintain and pass on the system that makes the landscape possible. However, the system itself has not been visualized in an easy-to-understand form, nor have methods and value criteria been established to determine what is to be preserved in the local landscape. Careful investigation, analysis, examination, and discussion are necessary to understand the local landscape.
Kamiyama is known for the beauty of its mountainous rural landscape of terraced rice paddies, terraced fields, and farmland along the Ayukuro River, but with plans to attract satellite offices of IT companies and a private technical college, rapid changes in the local landscape are expected. Currently, the town is considering formulating its first landscape plan.
In this project, with the cooperation of the Kamiyama Tsunagu Public Corporation, we will stay in Kamiyama to conduct a landscape survey of the area and prepare basic data for the study of the landscape plan. Through the survey, the participants will also learn fieldwork methods.

The course consists of 3 parts: （1）Basic knowledge of the SDGs/ESG, （2）Financial organs and their practices towards the SDGs/ESG, （3）Developing the index of the SDGs.
（1）Basic knowledge of the SDGs/ESG:
Students learn the rudiments of the SDGs/ESG. For example, we will explore their concepts, history, the work being done by Japan and other member states, and how to acquire abilities in order to create and achieve a sustainable society.
（2）Financial organs and their practices:
Students will receive hints in order to make the SDGS index by learning the practices being conducted by economic organs for the SDGs/ESG, by listening to experienced guest speakers.
（3）Developing the SDGs index:
Students will develop the SDGs index to bring to leaders who will make and accelerate the inflow of investment money towards the SDGs/ESG.

This project is intended for students who are already studying the Aynu language and culture. We will visit the important places engaged in the revitalisation of Aynu language and culture.

Until now, the Suzuki Hiroshi Study Group has succeeded in fostering many venture entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, and leaders in launching new businesses in large organizations under the theme of social production in the information society, but in 2019 In conjunction with the establishment of the Society 5.0 Era Learning and Education Laboratory (Representative Hiroshi Suzuki) at the SFC Research Institute in August, the conventional "cultivation of social producers who graduate from modern times and create a new world" In addition, I have been researching [co-education that nurtures people who will create a new world], and have added to the purpose of the study group to actually plan, plan, and realize a co-education project.

Then, in the fall of 2021 and the spring of 2022, students were sent to Sarabetsu Village / Hiroo Town, Hokkaido, and as part of regional revitalization, they have been built as a place for practicing social production in the field of primary industry. (And this year, Sarabetsu Village was adopted in the Digital Rural City National Concept established by the Cabinet Office.) Specifically, while coordinating with the village office and agricultural cooperatives, hearings on the health of people involved in the primary industry. We are conducting a survey and discussing measures to improve well-being with local businesses. Through these activities, he is in the process of creating a mutual assistance system that is indispensable in an aging society with a declining birthrate, while asking himself "what is happiness in modern graduation".

In the midst of such a period of change, we will redefine happiness in rural areas with Sarabetsu Village in Hokkaido as a special research project, and think about ways of mutual assistance centered on learning.

The East Hokkaido region is an area that retains unspoiled nature, including wetlands, lakes and marshes, and natural coastlines. Rich flora and fauna, as represented by red-crowned cranes and tufted puffin, have also been conserved. Among the natural parks in East Hokkaido, we will visit Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, Akan-Mashu National Park, Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National ParkAkkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park, and Notsuke-Furen-Prefectural Natural Park to learn about the origins of their natural environments and their flora and fauna.

This program aims to activate local community through artistic approach of university, high school, junior high school students in Mine City, Yamaguchi.

In the Tone Numata area of Gunma Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture, where we have cooperative relations as experimental sites, we will hold a meeting to discuss the Spring 2022 study from various perspectives by gathering related parties, core members of the Kaze no Tani study*, core members of the Kaze no Tani study at the Ataka Lab at SFC, and people involved in various social changes. We will conduct a variety of analytical studies, set up, arrangement, and other various activities with experts for the conference. In addition, a prototype will be created to generate questions for future consideration.

*Leading people from government, academia, industry, editors, etc.

Transcriptome analysis of non-model organisms

One of the essences of AI technology is the automation of intellectual labor. One of the extremes of intellectual labor is natural science research as well as artistic and creative activities. Actually, in the field of advanced scientific research, the rapid spread of information technology and robotics including AI is progressing, and the future image of the progress of scientific research itself being greatly accelerated by AI is coming soon.

In this course, students will learn how AI connected to experimental robots can discover new knowledge through repetitive experiments and hands-on exercises. Using a liquid handling robot that can be controlled using the Python programming language as a course material, students will experience the physicality of robots and how scientific experiments can be automated by robots by running the robot with programs written by the students and by performing the same experiments with their own bodies. In this course, students will learn about the physicality of robots and how scientific experiments can be automated by robots.

Mental health practices face boundaries and intermediates in the following areas: 1) clinical medicine (psychiatry) and social medicine (occupational mental health and school mental health), 2) Individuals and organizations, 3) normal psychology and psychopathology, 4) the ideal and the real, 5) humans and law, 6 ) consciousness and unconsciousness, 7) lecture and practice, 8) generality and specialty. In this course, we will discuss the boundaries and intermediateness that are the characteristics of "practical mental health" through group work, focusing on cases. This course aims to learn to understand the phenomenon of mental health in various fields from a multifaceted and comprehensive perspective.