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健康 口腔癌 Project Center for the 6th Industrialization of Agriculture, Forestry, and FisheriesDirector　Toshikazu MATSUMOTO, Professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental ScienceTheme　Study on improving productivity of adzuki bean by utilizing symbiotic nitrogen fixationOutline　Recently, adzuki bean (Vigna angularis), playing a major role in food culture and economic activities in Matsue and Izumo Cities, has attracted attention. However, the scale of production of adzuki bean is small, and neither the quality, yield, nor variety is good enough to attain the assured brand name. In this study, we try to enhance the productivity of adzuki bean in Shimane prefecture by improving its cultivation technique utilizing symbiotic nitrogen fixation of adzuki bean and adzuki bean-nodulating rhizobia.Higgs and Early Universe Project CenterDirector　Naoyuki HABA, Professor, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and EngineeringTheme　Theoretical research on new theories for the Higgs field and on neutrinoOutline　A newly discovered elementary particle called “Higgs”, which was discovered at a large collider,LHC, in 2012, has a unique property that its vacuum condensation endows other elementary particles withmass. We are conducting a theoretical research on the mechanism for the Higgs condensation. Elementaryparticles like the Higgs belong to the microscopic world, but they are also connected to the structure of theentire Universe. We focus our attention on the fact that “neutrinos”, the elementary particles that passthrough almost all matters, are deeply related to a mystery that anti-matters scarcely exist in Nature, andare performing simulations of the neutrino-detection experiment planned in Oki Islands.Fisheries Management Research CenterURL https://www.fb.com/suisansigen/ (Japanese)Director　Futoshi ARANISHI, Professor, Estuary Research CenterTheme　Development of fisheries management systems for sustainable production and stock enhancement of valuable fisheries Wood-Design Project CenterDirector　Takahisa NAKAI, Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and EngineeringTheme　Repairing vacant houses in Central City of Matsue using plywood and cross-laminated timber made in ShimaneOutline　The ratio of vacant house in 2014 in the northern central city of Matsue, the capital city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, was approximately 10.5% (cf. the national average of 13.5% in 2013), and it is increasing each year. Population decrease is the main cause of the high vacancy rate, but there are other reasons which contribute to it in concert, such as the zone of employment being concentrated in urban areas, an increase in nursing home use due to longevity of the residents, and so on.Here, we propose a method for repairing and using vacant houses in Kitatamachi, Matsue, and actually try to renovate a house accordingly.Raman Project Center for Medical and Biological ApplicationsDirector　Tatsuyuki YAMAMOTO, Professor, , Faculty of Life and Environmental ScienceTheme　Multivariate-Curve Resolution Technique applied to Raman Spectroscopy for Biomedical PurposesOutline　Raman spectroscopy gives us the information of molecular structures andenvironment as they are, without need for the pre-analysis. In our Project Center, we utilize Multivariate Curve Resolution technique to decompose the measured Raman spectra into some genuine components when they are applied in the fields of medicine and biology.By using this technique, we can observe and evaluate the living tissues and cells in vivo as they are with Raman spectroscopy.Outline　Shimane University established Fisheries Management Research Center (FMRC) as the first institution of higher education and research of fisheries science in the National Universities along the Sea of Japan in 2014. FMRC delivers educational programs and research projects for the development, management, conservation, aquaculture and breeding of valuable fisheries resources. FMRC also promotes the practical application of research results in consideration of the characteristics of the San-in Region for sustainable fisheries production and stock enhancement in cooperation with governmental and non-governmental fisheries organizations in the San-in Region.resources in the San-in Region.35Project CentersThe Outstanding Research Projects of Shimane University