| Course title | |||||
| 国際感染症制御学 [International Infectious Disease Control] | |||||
| Course category | Requirement | Credit | 2 | ||
| Department | Year | 1～ | Semester | Spring | |
| Course type | Spring | Course code | 05EC0121 | ||
| Instructor(s) | |||||
| 岩﨑 茜 [IWASAKI Akane] | |||||
| Facility affiliation | Organization for the Advancement of Education and Global Learning | Office | Email address | ||
| Course description |
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The instructors of this intensive lecture are Dr. Kentaro HAYASHI, professor at Research Insitute for Humanity and Nature (RIHN) and other 6 researchers. Guidance on the classes will be given at EP orientation. Lectures will be irregularly given as Ins from October to January. Detailed dates and lecturers will be announced in Classroom until the end of September. Artificial nitrogen (N) fixation technology developed in earth 20th century has enabled human to create ammonia (NH3) from molecular N (N2) in the atmosphere. The fixed N is used for mainly chemical fertilizer production which has steadily increased the human food production. Whereas, human N use efficiency is very low, ca. 80% in the world, and induces a vast amount of N loss to the environment. Although N2 is inert and harmless, other forms of N, collectively called as reactive N, e.g., NH3, nitrogen oxides (NOX), nitrous oxide (N2O), and nitrate (NO3-) released to the environment causes a variety of impacts such as global warming, stratospheric ozone depletion, air pollution, water pollution, acidification, and eutrophication harmful to both human and ecosystem health. Thus, human N uses is a tradeoff between the benefit as fertilizers and materials and the threats to human and ecosystem health, that is called ‘N issue’. Right knowledge on human sector N flows, flows of N loss to the environment, and N dynamics in the environment and their impacts is indispensable for addressing the entangled N issue. In this course, the current knowledge on N and environmental science is exposited. Furthermore, the hot activities in Japan and the world to cope with the N issue are also explained. |
| Expected Learning |
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By the end of this class, students will be able to: (1) understand the outline of N dynamics in the environmental media such as air, soil, water, and ecosystem, (2) understand the comprehensive picture of N flows with human activity and its impacts on the environment, and (3) gain knowledge in the most recent international activities to address the N issue. Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy: See the curriculum maps. https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/ |
| Course schedule |
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This class is the omnibus style lecture conducted mainly in online by six lecturers. The lecturers and the contents of the planned lecture are as follows. The order and contents are subject to change. Kentaro HAYASHI (kentaroh@affrc.go.jp) Class 1. Nitrogen issue and nitrogen dynamics in the environment Class 2. Domestic actions to address the nitrogen issue Class 3. International actions to address the nitrogen issue Class 4. Case studies: Rice paddy and polar regions Keisuke KOBA (keikoba@ecology.kyoto-u.ac.jp) Class 5. Fundamentals of (light) stable isotope techniques for environmental sciences Class 6. Nitrogen dynamics in natural ecosystems elucidated by stable isotopes; case studies Syuichi ITAHASHI（isyuichi@criepi.denken.or.jp） Class 7. Emission process of reactive N into the atmosphere and their chemical reactions Class 8. Deposition process of reactive N from the atmosphere Class 9. Numerical simulation for reactive N Kazuya NISHINA（nishina.kazuya@nies.go.jp） Class 10. Nitrogen dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems Class 11. Nitrogen dynamics in freshwater ecosystems Class 12. Japanese Nitrogen management and nitrogen in the environment Kazuyo MATSUBAE（kazuyo.matsubae.a2@tohoku.ac.jp） Class 13. Nutrient flows in local and global supply chains Misuzu ASARI（mezase530@gmail.com） Class 14. Understanding the actual situation of social issues and SDGs including food loss and action research Yu UMEZAWA (umezawa@me.tuat.ac.jp) Class 15. Nitrogen cycle in the ocean and environmental problems related to the fisheries |
| Prerequisites |
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This lecture is a specialized subject. The contents lectured in the classes such as “Science of Atmospheric Environment”, “Atmospheric Chemistry”, “Ecosystem Management”, “Marine Environmental Studies”, “Environmental Pollution Chemistry”, “Geochemistry”, “Earth Science”, "Geo-Environmental Studies", and “Earth Environment Geology” will help you to understand the contents in this class. In addition to 30 hours that students spend in the class, students are recommended to prepare for and revise the lectures, spending the standard amount of time as indicated in the student guidelines of TUAT and using the lecture handouts as well as the references specified below. |
| Required Text(s) and Materials |
| No specific texts. Handout will be distributed. |
| References |
| Nothing |
| Assessment/Grading |
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Learning achievement is evaluated by reports (100 %). Since this class is an intensive lecture by a part-time lecturers, the grade distribution of the previous year is not available. |
| Message from instructor(s) |
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This class will provide valuable lessons in which you can learn a broad range of comprehensive information about the nitrogen cycle on the surface of the Earth. If you have any questions before registering for the course and/or before taking the course, please feel free to contact Umezawa or Matsuda by email. |
| Course keywords |
| Nitrogen cycle, Economy, Global issue |
| Office hours |
| If you have any questions, please ask the lecturer by e-mail. |
| Remarks 1 |
| Please check the Classroom of this class about the changes in syllabus which is associated with the spread of COVID-19 infection. |
| Remarks 2 |
| Contact person in TUAT is Yu Umezawa (umezawa@me.tuat.ac.jp) and Kazuhide Matsuda（kmatsuda@cc.tuat.ac.jp）. |
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| Lecture Language |
| Japanese |
| Language Subject |
| Last update |
| 4/5/2023 2:52:10 AM |