International Society of Life Information Science (ISLIS)

Program

The Sixteenth Symposium on Life Information Science

August 29-30, 2003, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo

Chairperson Mikio YAMAMOTO, ISLIS Chairman of the Board of Directors

National Institute of Radiological Sciences

August 29th (Friday)


9:30- 10:00 Registration
10:00- 10:05 Opening Remarks    Yuzo HIGUCHI
Chairperson of Organization Committee of the 16th Symposium
ISLIS Vice President, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Chairpersons Yuzo HIGUCHI (Tokyo Institute of Technology) 
Mikio YAMAMOTO (National Institute of Radiological Sciences)
10:05 - 1 <Report 1>

Report on the 46th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association and Institutes in San Francisco

Hideyuki KOKUBO
Information Center, International Research Institute
10:25 - 2 Measuring the Effect of MOA Purifying Therapy (1)
- Quantification of Fever, Stiffness and Pain - 
Yasutami TSUDA1, Seiya UCHIDA1, Kazuo NITTA1,
Seiji OTSUBO2 and Yoshiteru MAKI2
1MOA Health Science Foundation, Life Science Institute 
2Korinkai Medical Foundation, Kagoshima Clinic 
10:45 - 3 Effect of Normalizing the Vagus Nervous Function by Administration of External Qi (MOA Purifying Therapy)
Seiya UCHIDA, Masahiro UENO, Hisanobu SUGANO and Kazuo NITTA
MOA Health Science Foundation, Life Science Institute
11:05 - 11:20 Session-Discussions
11:20 - 4 <Report 2> Chairpersons Kazutake KOHRA (Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo)
Situation of "Human Potential Science" and Its Societies
Mikio YAMAMOTO
ISLIS Chairman of the Board of Directors
11:40 - 13:00 Lunch Time (11:45-13:00 IRI Meeting)
Chairpersons  Hisanobu SUGANO (MOA Health Science Foundation)
Yuko KOYAMA (Fukuoka Dental Clinic, Research Laboratory of Integrative Medicine)
13:00 - 5 Physiological Effects of Multiple Field-Irradiation on Human Body
- double blind cross over study -
Kazuo UEBABA1, Feng-Hao XU1, Tomotake ITOU1CAkira KAWASHIMA2,
Susumu ARAHATA3, Hideyuki SHINNABE3 and Takashi AOKI4
1International Research Center for Traditional Medicine of Toyama Prefecture
2Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University
3Research Department, Nihon Sigmax Co., Ltd.
4Department of Engineering Physics, College of Engineering, Chubu University
13:20 - 6 A Case of Thalamic Hemorrhage Concomitantly Treated with Qigong Therapy
Yuzo HIGUCHI1, Yasunori KOTANI1,
Yoshitsugu HAYASHI2 and Shinichiro MOMOSE3
1Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2Musashino Therapy Center, 3Momose Clinic
13:35 - 7 Effects of Qigong Training on High School Students-I
Kimiko KAWANO1and Mieko TOYAMA2
1Centre for Informatics and Sciences, Nippon Medical School
2Kanagawa Prefectural Fujisawa High School
13:55 - 8 Change of Hemoglobin Concentration of Cerebral Cortex and Respiration Frequency during Qi-emission Task 
Weizhong CHEN1,2,3, Tong ZHANG3, Fengtong WANG3,
Hideyuki KOKUBO3 and Mikio YAMAMOTO2,1,3 
1iversity and Fractal Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Chiba University
2National Institute of Radiological Sciences
3International Research Institute
14:15 - 14:30 Session-Discussion
14:30 - 14:45 Intermission
14:45 -  9
Chairperson Tokuro NOBECHI (Former Director, St. Luke's International Hospital)
<Special Lecture 1>

Qigong Increases Immunogenic Potential
- The Effects of Qigong Investigated from the Viewpoint of Neuroendocrine Immunology -

Yuzo HIGUCHI
Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
15:35 - 15:50 Presentation and Ceremony of the 4th Society's Prizes
Masatoshi ITOH
ISLIS President, Tohoku University

Kimiko KAWANO
Chairperson of Selection Committee for Society's Prizes,
ISLIS Vice President, Nippon Medical School

15:50  <Practical Session> Chairperson Yuzo HIGUCHI 
(Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Practice of Remote Qigong Therapy
Practitioner: Yongxiang ZHANG 
Director, Oriental Qigong Clinic
17:00 -  Joint Banquet by ISLIS and IRI

 

August 30th (Saturday)


8:30 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 - 9:05 Opening Remarks Yuzo HIGUCHI
Chairperson of Organization Committee of the 16th Symposium
ISLIS Vice President, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Chairpersons Yasuo YOSHIHUKU (Chubu University),
Mami KODO (Tohoku Gakuin University)
9:05 - 10 Analogy between Traditional Medicine and Evolution
Hiroo INDOH
Institute of Oriental Traditional Medicine, Oriental Medicine Clinic
9:20 - 11 An Experiment on Meridian Function as a Minute Information System by using LED Signals
Hiroo INDOH 1and Takeo OKU2
1Institute of Oriental Traditional Medicine, Oriental Medicine Clinic
2 Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
9:35 - 12 A Cosmological Study on Mechanism of Vibrational Life Energy
Takeo OKU
Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
10:00 -  13 What is External Qi in Qigong Therapy? A Hypothesis Based on Bioelectricity and Its Verification Experiments
Takashi AOKI
College of Engineering, Chubu University
10:30 - 10:45 Session-Discussion
10:45 - 10:55 Intermission
10:55 - 14 <Special Lecture 2> Chairperson Kiichi TSUCHIYA (Waseda University)

Does a dog recognize his master by an electric field?
Generation and transmission of an electric field around a Walker

Kiyoaki TAKIGUCHI1,2 and Shigeki TOYAMA2
1Sony Corporation Broadband Application Lab.
2Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
11:45 - 13:00 Lunch Time (11:50-13:00 ISLIS Meeting of Society: Members, Advisors, Trustees and Directors)
13:00 - 15 <Special Lecture 3> Chairperson Masatoshi ITOH (Tohoku University)

Estimating Sleepiness during Expressway Driving

Mitsuo YASUSHI and Masatoshi YANAGIDAIRA
Pioneer Corporation
Chairpersons Yuzo HIGUCHI (Tokyo Institute of Techonology)
Kimiko KAWANO (Nippon Medical School) 
13:50 - 16 Dopamine and Brain Function
Masatoshi ITOH1, Keiichiro YAMAGUCHI1, Mehedi MASUD1,
Shoichi WATANUKI 2, Masayasu MIYAKE1, Taro, NIMURA4,
Kenichi MEGURO5, and Ren IWATA3
1Division of Nuclear Medicine, 2Division of Instrumentation,
3Division of Radiochemistry, Cyclotron Radioisotope Center, Tohoku University
4Department of Neurosurgery, National Miyagi Hospital
5Division of Neuropsychology, Postgraduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
14:10 - 17 Nonlinear Mathematical Analysis of the Heart Rate Variability during Virtual Reality Immersion with Healing Video Contents
Xudong DUAN1, Qingtian WANG1, Tomoyuki YAMBE1,
Shin-ichi NITTA1 and Ryuta KAWASHIMA2
1Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
2New Industrial Creation Hatchy Center, Tohoku University
14:30 - 14:40 Session-Discussions
14:40 - 14:55 Intermission
Chairpersons Yoichiro SAKO (Sony Corporation)

Hideyuki KOKUBO (International Research Institute)

14:55 - 18 Cultivate Yourself with FBM - Facilitation Ball Method or Science of Harmony based on "Leaving Yourself on it -
Yoriko TANIGUCHI
The Director of the FBM Research Project
15:20 - 19 Improvement of the Degree of Understanding through a Five-day Class in the Beginning Level of Kurita's Speed Reading Course
Masahiro KURITA
Gunma Paz Gakuen College
15:40 - 20 Analysis of a 5-week training regimen for eyesight recovery by free stereo viewing
Yoshihisa KOGA 1 and Masahiro KURITA2
1Nihon Riko Medical Institute, 2Gunma Paz Gakuen College
16:00 - 16:10 Session-Discussion
16:10 - 16:40 Discussions
Chairperson Yuzo HIGUCHI, 
Chairperson of Organization Committee of the 16th Symposium
ISLIS Vice President, Tokyo Institute of Technology
16:40 - 16:45 Introduction to the Seventeenth Symposium on Life Information Science
Mikio YAMAMOTO
ISLIS Chairman of the Board of Directors
National Institute of Radiological Sciences
16:45 - 16:50 Closing Remarks
Masatoshi ITOH
ISLIS President
Tohoku University
17:00 - 18:00 Selection Committee for Society's Prizes
Kimiko KAWANO
Chairperson of Selection Committee for society's Prizes
ISLIS Vice President
Nippon Medical School