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We have found that canola oil, palm oil, and lard contain acetyl-containing triacylglycerol, which ordinary edible oils and fats should not contain. These would have potential as functional oil.

It is considered that microorganisms originated from vegetables are involved in its fermentation and deterioration of Kimchi. We compared the deteriorations of kimchi produced with Chinese cabbage from different production areas. Differences in deterioration were noticed depending on the production areas of the Chinese cabbage, but the effect of microorganisms derived from the Chinese cabbage was not observed.

Specific expression of phosphate transporters in the root epidermis or vascular bundle enhances growth and phosphate utilization efficiency, but expression in both the root epidermis and vascular bundle reduces the effect.

Research on the development of strawberry varieties "Tokyo Koka" and cherry tomatoes was introduced on the YouTube channel "Tosa Brothers' Daigaku-Dokoiku," which provides information on choosing a university.

Bacterial isolates from soil in Okinawa or Tunisia could degrade various compounds such as alkanes, and a synthetic musk. One of them also produced anticancer compounds from limonene.

This paper explores the optimization of dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) systems with a particular focus on improvingefficiency in applications involving warehouse robots. It investigates LCC topologies by analyzing input impedance variation due tocoupling efficiency changes. The theoretical analysis proved that the LCC compensation topology is less sensitive to the variationsof coupling efficiency caused by the change of the relative position of the primary and secondary coils. Simulation results show thatLCC topology power transfer efficiency is 25% compared to that of SS topology is only 11%.

The article covered the progress and future prospects of research into low phosphate-tolerant plants, as well as the development of smart agricultural technologies at the Center for the Future of Food and Agriculture .

This paper analyzes the modeling and characteristics of parallel-plate capacitors for underwater capacitive wireless power transfer (CWPT) systems. Using finite element method (FEM) simulations, this paper investigates the impact of various simulation factors on the simulation results both for the capacitances and the conductances. A fitting equation is proposed for the coupling capacitance and conductance in seawater environment, which matches the simulation results well. Notably, this paper firstly demonstrates a ratio of around 295.9 at a frequency of 3 MHz between the real and imaginary parts of the coupling admittance. This result confirms that the conductance, rather than the susceptance, dominates the CWPT system for under seawater applications.

An article introducing a strawberry "Tokyo Koka" and the Center for the Future of Food and Agriculture was published in the "Nihon Syubyou Shinbun"