Faculty Information - GHOTBI Nader

（Last updated : 2023-11-03 10:26:31）

GHOTBI Nader
Department Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University College of Asia Pacific Studies

Position Professor

■ Education

2001/04～2004/03

Modern Economics, Graduate School Division of Economics, Graduate School of Economics Kyoto University, Completed, PhD in Modern Economics

■ Message

Message to undergraduate students: The truth is that I envy you as a student living and studying in this environment with all the possibilities open to you, so much that I wish that I could go back in time and do it all over! People back in my day and situation were faced with so many limits that do not exist anymore in the information age that we live in and with all the facilities that exist to support your endeavors, the only limits are the sky and the level of your ambition! So set your ambitions high and follow your dreams with a plan and you won’t fail. Message to graduate school students: There is no time like your time at graduate school when it is right to say: Time is Gold! Every hour that you spend reading, writing, and gaining the essential research skills will have an impact on who you become after you graduate from this school. You cannot afford to waste any of this precious time. What you need the most, and we can provide for you, is guidance and supervision. Don’t hesitate to consult about your research work with me or any other faculty member who can advise, correct and/or support you at every step of the way.

■ Current specialized field

Hygiene and public health: excluding laboratory approach, Philosophy and ethics, Economic policy (Key Word：Bioethics, Modern Economics, Public Health.)

■ Books and theses

1.	2023/07/28	Article	Impact of COVID-19 on Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management System: A Scoping Review of Healthcare Workforce Management in COVID-19 Sustainability 15(11668),pp.1-25 (Collaboration)
2.	2023/07/23	Book	Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Academic Research and Education Handbook of Academic Integrity pp.1-12 (Single)
3.	2022/12/02	Article	The Ethics of Emotional Artificial Intelligence: A Mixed Method Analysis Asian Bioethics Review pp.1-14 (Single)
4.	2022/11/22	Article	Understanding the acceptance of emotional artificial intelligence in Japanese healthcare system: A cross-sectional survey of clinic visitors’ attitude Technology in Society 74,pp.1-11 (Collaboration)
5.	2022/11/10	Article	The COVID-19 Pandemic Response and Its Impact on Post-Corona Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management in Iran Sustainability 14, 14858,pp.1-13 (Single)
6.	2022/08/15	Article	Rethinking technological acceptance in the age of emotional AI: Surveying Gen Z (Zoomer) attitudes toward non-conscious data collection Technology in Society Volume 70(102011),pp.1-16 (Collaboration)
7.	2022/05/21	Book	Emotional AI in the Cities: Cross-cultural Lessons from the UK and Japan on Designing for Ethical Life In Carta, S., Machine Learning and the City: Applications in Architecture and Urban Design Emotional AI in Cities . In Machine Learning and the City, S. Carta (Ed.). pp.621-629 (Collaboration)
8.	2021/09/03	Article	Moral Awareness ofCollege Students Regarding Artificial Intelligence Asian Bioethics Review 13(3),pp.1-13 (Collaboration)
9.	2021/07/30	Article	Energy Poverty among College Students in Japan in a Survey of Students’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practices towards Energy Use. Sustainability 13(15),pp.1-17 (Collaboration)
10.	2021/03/10	Article	Attitude of college students towards ethical issues of artificial intelligence in an international university in Japan AI and Society 36(1),pp.1-8 (Collaboration)
11.	2020/11/20	Article	Factors influencing utilization of postnatal care visits in Afghanistan Nagoya Journal of Medical Science 82(4),pp.711-723 (Collaboration)
12.	2020/06/10	Article	Ethical guidelines for COVID-19 triage management Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 30(5),pp.201-207 (Collaboration)
13.	2020/05/20	Article	Japan’s management of COVID-19 Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 30(4),pp.133-134 (Single)
14.	2019/11/30	Article	The Right to Privacy vs. the Right to Know Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 29(6),pp.191-195 (Single)
15.	2019/04	Book	Enhancing workplace ergonomics through SmartMentalTech, a comprehensive stepped-care model for mental health. From Series Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments. Section 1. pp.15-30 (Collaboration)
16.	2019/01	Book	Philosophy and Practice of Bioethics across and between Cultures pp.1-261 (22 chapters) (Collaboration)
17.	2018/12	Book	Justice as a moral virtue pp.28-42 (chapter 3) (Single)
18.	2017/07	Article	Cultural Values Influence the Attitude of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean College Students towards Cosmetic Surgery Asian Bioethics Review (published by National University of Singapore and Springer Nature Singapore) 9(43467),pp.103-116 (Collaboration)
19.	2016/11	Article	A comparison of sociocultural values in Japan and Iran based on social media communications Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 26(6),pp.226-233 (Single)
20.	2016/05	Article	Violence and terrorism in the Middle East Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 26(3),pp.101-106 (Single)
21.	2015/09	Article	A bioethical interpretation of Buddha’s enlightenment Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 25(5),pp.204-208 (Single)
22.	2015/06	Article	Religion, Moral Values and the Ethics of Japanese Society Asia Pacific World 6 (Spring)(1),pp.22-33 (Single)
23.	2015/06	Book	Current Issues and Emerging Trends in Medical Tourism- CHAPTER 13 Gathering Medical Tourism Information through Algorithmic Text Analysis of Tweets 13,pp.190-204 (Collaboration)
24.	2015/06	Book	Current Issues and Emerging Trends in Medical Tourism- CHAPTER 6: The Ethics of Medical Tourism pp.79-88 (Single)
25.	2014/04	Article	Intrinsic value of the natural environment: an ethical roadmap to protect the environment Philosophy Study 4(4),pp.315-321 (Single)
26.	2014/01	Article	Religion and Ethics in the Japanese Society Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 24(1),pp.2-5 (Single)
27.	2013/11	Article	The ethics of organ transplantation in the Islamic Republic of Iran Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 23(6),pp.2-5 (Single)
28.	2013/06	Article	Right to Health or the Human Right of Access to Essential Healthcare Philosophy Study 3(6),pp.529-537 (Single)
29.	2013/03	Article	Health security and the human right of access to affordable healthcare Proceedings, 13TH Asian Bioethics Conference Concurrent with the Sixth UNESCO Asia-Pacific School of Ethics Roundtable Bioethics and Life: Security, Science and Society 1(1),pp.83-89 (Single)
30.	2013/01	Article	The ethics of reproductive medicine in the Islamic Republic of Iran Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics (Official Journal of the Asian Bioethics Association) 23(1),pp.17-23 (Single)
31.	2012/12	Article	Foundations of Secular Bioethics, a Biocosmological Approach Biocosmology–NeoAristotelism 2(4),pp.339-344 (Single)
32.	2012/09	Article	Health security and the human right of access to affordable healthcare Proceedings, 13TH Asian Bioethics Conference Concurrent with the Sixth UNESCO Asia-Pacific School of Ethics Roundtable Bioethics and Life: Security, Science and Society 1(1),pp.114-120 (Single)
33.	2012/09	Article	Security and the human right of access to affordable healthcare Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 22(5),pp.173 (Single)
34.	2012/07	Article	Biophilia for happiness and environmental ethics Ritsumeikan Journal of Asia Pacific Studies 31(1),pp.51-55 (Collaboration)
35.	2012/05	Article	Assessment of the Knowledge and Attitude of Female Students towards Cervical Cancer Prevention at an International University in Japan Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 13(3),pp.897-900 (Collaboration)
36.	2012/05	Article	Cross-cultural Bioethics at an International University in Japan Philosophy Study 2(5),pp.362-369 (Collaboration)
37.	2012/03	Article	Bioethics in the Islamic Republic of Iran Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 22(2),pp.69-75 (Single)
38.	2012/01	Article	Philosophical Challenges to Peaceful Government in Shi’a Iran Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 22(1),pp.17-21 (Single)
39.	2011/10	Article	Book Reviews: Public Health in Asia and the Pacific: Historical and Comparative Perspectives. Asia Pacific World 2(2),pp.140-141 (Single)
40.	2011/08	Article	Hybrid Approach to Data Mining Radiological Medical Records Geoinformatics Research Center Publications (Collaboration)
41.	2011/05	Article	Text Classification for Medical Informatics: A Comparison of Models for Data Mining Radiological Medical Records Asia Pacific World 2(1),pp.121-137 (Collaboration)
42.	2010/07	Article	Bioethics Core Curriculum Trials in Japan: Teaching of Bioethics to Undergraduate Students in an International/Multicultural University in Japan Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics (EJAIB) Vol 20(4),pp.124-125 (Collaboration)
43.	2010/04	Book	The use of public health surveillance data for preventive control of deseases that depend on individual risky behavior: the case of HIV infection in Japan pp.232-241 (chapter 16) (Collaboration)
44.	2010/04	Book	Data-mining techniques for an analysis of non-conventional methodologies: deciphering of alternative medicine. pp.82-91 (chapter 6) (Collaboration)
45.	2010/04	Book	The use of artificial intelligence systems for support of medical decision-making pp.18-30 (chapter2) (Collaboration)
46.	2010/07	Article	Analysis of Trials of the UNESCO Core Curriculum in Ritsumeikan APU Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics (EJAIB) Vol 20(4),pp.125 (Collaboration)
47.	2009/03	Article	Increased Risk of Rickets among Infants Raised in the Uzbek Cradle, Beshik Acta Medica Nagasakiensia 53(3),pp.55-58 (Collaboration)
48.	2008/08	Article	A review of the epidemiology and clinical presentation of Buruli ulcer in Akonolinga and Ayos - Cameroon Tropical Medicine and Health 36(3),pp.121-126 (Collaboration)
49.	2008/05	Article	Data-Mining for the Analysis of Alternative Medicine: the Case of Osteopathy Diagnostic Methodology in Japan Second UKSIM European Symposium on Computer Modeling and Simulation pp.219-225 (Collaboration)
50.	2008	Article	Enhancing sports for Japanese disabled athletes: redefining health and ability through inclusive approaches. Japanese Journal of Clinical Sports Medicine 16(3),pp.300-305 (Collaboration)
51.	2008	Article	Text mining of medical records for radiodiagnostic decision-making. Journal of Computers 3(1),pp.1-6 (Collaboration)
52.	2007/08	Article	Cancer Screening with Whole-body PET/CT for Healthy Asymptomatic People in Japan: Re-evaluation of its Test Validity and Radiation Exposure. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention. 8(1),pp.7-93 (Collaboration)
53.	2007/07	Article	The economy of opium & heroin production in Afghanistan and its impact on HIV epidemiology in Central Asia, KIER Discussion Paper Series, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Discussion Paper no.635 (635),pp.1-53 (Collaboration)
54.	2007	Article	Text Mining in Radiological Data Records: An Unsupervised Neural Network Approach. Proceedings of the First Asia International Conference on Modelling & Simulation, Asia Modelling Symposium pp.329-333 (Collaboration)
55.	2006/03	Article	Interstates cooperation for irrigation of Amu Darya River banks, its potential role as a solution for the poppy problem Discussion Paper no.612, KIER Discussion Paper Series, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University (612),pp.1-15 (Collaboration)
56.	2006	Article	Pediatric CT scan usage in Japan: results of a hospital survey Radiation Medicine 24,pp.560-567 (Collaboration)
57.	2005/09	Article	Evidence-based guidelines needed on the use of CT scanning in Japan. Japan Medical Association Journal 48,pp.451-457 (Collaboration)
58.	2005/07	Article	Evaluation of the national health policy of thalassemia screening in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 11,pp.308-317 (Collaboration)
59.	2005/07	Article	Japan’s National Tuberculosis Control Strategies with Economic Considerations. Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine, 10,pp.213–218 (Collaboration)
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■ Academic or professional association memberships

1.	2010/01～	Asian Bioethics Association (ABA)
2.	2010/04～	∟ Member
3.	2010/04～2012/03	International Association for Asia Pacific Studies
4.	2010/04	∟ Member,also member of the editorial board for the journal

■ Conference presentations

1.	2023/10/31	Development of digital implantable devices for rehabilitation after orthopedic surgery (International Forum on Medical Devices Future InnovativeStrategy in Chungju)
2.	2023/05/16	The Ethics of Emotional Artificial Intelligence (22nd Asian Bioethics Conference)
3.	2022/11/11	Moral Awareness of college students regarding artificial intelligence (19th International Scientific Conference of the International Society of Clinical Bioethics (ISCB))
4.	2022/11/05	Sustainability and Principles of Ethics (International Conference: Sustainability and Business)
5.	2021/08/29	Research Ethics: Did Scientific Research Let a Virus Out? (21st ASIAN BIOETHICS CONFERENCE: BIOETHICS IN THE COVID-19 ERA)
6.	2021/05/27	Ethics and Moral Awareness of Artificial intelligence (INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF HEALTH: "The Future of Health: Multidisciplinary Approaches”)
7.	2020/04/30	Ethical guidelines for COVID-19 triage management (The Third International Public Health Ambassador Conference)
8.	2020/04/09	"Japan’s management of COVID-19” (The Second International Public Health Ambassador Conference)
9.	2019/11/24	The Right to Privacy vs. the Right to Know (The 20th Asian Bioethics Conference)
10.	2018/12/01	Ethical Philosophy under Daoism with focus on Environmental Ethics (The 12th Kumamoto University Bioethics Round-table: “Bioethics in the 21st Century”)
11.	2018/11/09	Three Level Structural Analysis of Bioethics in Iran (Kumamoto University's HIGO Program Series of Lectures, 2018)
12.	2018/07/04	Justice as a Moral Virtue (The RCAPS Current Research Seminar Series)
13.	2017/11/20	Islamic Worldview and the Current Situation of War on Terror (Higo Cross-cultural Communication [Bioethics])
14.	2017/11/19	Justice is the Word (Eleventh Kumamoto University Bioethics Roundtable 2017: “Philosophy & Practice of Bioethics across & between Cultures”)
15.	2017/11/11	Cultural values influence the attitude of Chinese, Japanese and Korean college students towards cosmetic surgery (15th Asia Pacific Conference (Global perspectives in changing local landscapes))
16.	2016/12/04	Philosophical Flaws in the Worldview of Salafi Jihadists Cause an Inclination to Terrorism (The 28th Conference of the Japan Association for Bioethics: Is Dialogue with Islam Possible? Bioethics from Religious, Cultural & Political Viewpoints:)
17.	2016/11/19	Conflict Resolution in Asia Pacific requires Japan to reflect ethically on history (Tenth Kumamoto University Bioethics Roundtable 2016: Bioethics and Conflict Resolution in the Age of Advanced Technology)
18.	2016/11/06	Creating Awareness against Islamic Radicalization among the Educated (The Changing Asia Pacific: Sharing Knowledge, Shaping the Future (14th AP Conference , 2016))
19.	2015/12/05	Violence & terrorism in the Middle East (The 9th Kumamoto University Bioethics Roundtable: “Bioethics and Conflict Resolution: Dialogues for our Sustainable Future (KBRT9)”)
20.	2015/11/13	A comparison of sociocultural values in Japan and Iran (Kumamoto University's HIGO Program Seies of Lectures)
21.	2015/06/25	The Principles of Bioethics, an update! (Okayama University Biothics Program)
22.	2015/01/11	Self-reported health problems among university students in Japan;Results of a survey (The 12th Asian Congress of Health Promotion "Our Children, Our Future" Bangkok , Thailand (January 11-13))
23.	2014/11/01	Spirituality and science; is there a conflict? (15th Asian Bioethics Conference (ABC 15))
24.	2013/12/07	The ethics of organ transplantation in the Islamic Republic of Iran (Joint UNU-Kumamoto University Bioethics Roundtable)
25.	2013/11/19	Religion and Ethics in the Japanese Society (14th Asian Bioethics Conference:　Ethics in Emerging Technologies to Make Lives Better Together)
26.	2013/08/17	Partnership for Sustainable Development (Consultation Meeting on Subregional Cooperation in East and North-East Asia)
27.	2012/12/15	So are Japanese people religious or not? Religion, Righteousness and Ethics (The 3rd International Conference on Comparative Studies of Mind)
28.	2012/12/14	Foundations of Secular Bioethics, a Biocosmological Approach (The 4th International Seminar on Biocosmology)
29.	2012/12/10	The Ethics of Reproductive Medicine in the Islamic Republic of Iran (The 6th UNESCO-Kumamoto University Bioethics Roundtable, Bioethics: from Theory to Practice)
30.	2012/08/28	Health security and the human right of access to affordable healthcare (13th Asian Bioethics Conference)
31.	2011/12/05	Three Level Structure Analysis of Bioethics & End-of-Life Care in Iran (End-of-Life Care in Asian Countries)
32.	2011/12/04	Philosophical Challenges to Peaceful Government in Shi’a Iran (Peace through Bioethics: Dialouge on Consensus & Policy-making)
33.	2011/11/23	A study on the risk of cervical cancer (The 9th East Asian Congress of Health Promotion (EACHP))
34.	2011/09/30	How can human ethics come to the defense of the environment? (Environmental Ethics) (12th Asian Bioethics Conference (ABC 12))
35.	2010/12/12	Biophilia, Happiness and Environmental Ethics (Bioethics and the concept of Happiness; the 4th UNESCO-Kumamoto University Bioethics Roundtable)
36.	2010/08/02	Bioethics Core Curriculum Trials in Japan: Teaching of Bioethics to Undergraduate Students in an International/Multicultural University in Japan (The Eleventh Asian Bioethics Conference (ABC11): Mundialization, Bioethics and Policy)
37.	2010/07/23	Universal Bioethics: A Biocosmological Perspective (the First International Seminar on Biocosmology)
38.	2010/04/22	Group work to write a draft for a universal declaration of bioethical issues of climate change (Regional Workshop on Ethical Approaches to Climate Change Policies, Yokohama, Japan 22-23 April 2010)
39.	2010/03/05	Text Classification for Medical Informatics; A Comparison of Models for Data Mining in Medical (Radiological) Records (the First International Expert Group Meeting of MEDSYN ASIA 2010)
40.	2007/11/03	The obstacles to participation of the disabled in sports activities in Japan, and possible solutions (The 18th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Clinical Sports Medicine)
41.	2005/11/17	Paediatric Radiation Exposure through CT-Scan Usage (The 1st Asian Congress of Radiation Research, 16-17 November)
42.	2005/09/09	Medical radiation (Late Health Effects from Radiation; Lessons learnt from the 60 years' experience: Japan to Chernobyl)
43.	2003/10/21	Early warning system use in Japan (Early arning Systems Do's and Don'ts)
44.	2003/09/02	Pharmacoeconomic and outcomes modeling (ISPOR Asia-Pacific Conference)
45.	2003/06/12	Poppy fields in Afghanistan: implications for the development of a healthy agriculture (Desertification problems in Central Asia and its regional strategic development)
46.	1998/07/24	The role of medical information department in health indicators development (Intercountry meeting on identification and development of essential health indicators)
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■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI

1.		Public health (Key Word : Public Health,,)
2.	2011～2014	Publication of so far four papers and three conference presentations at Kumamoto University with their team of researchers. (Key Word : )
3.	2010～2013	Ethics and Bioethics (Key Word : ethics, bioethics.)

■ Educational ability

● Practice example of education method
1.	2012/04/01	Holding all lectures in an open format with student participation
2.	2012/04/01～2017/03/31	Holding Research Progress seminars with emphasis on research methodology for graduate students
● Made textbook and teaching material
1.	2016/10	A presentation on Research Methodology for Graduate Students
2.	2012/04/01	Bioethics
● Matter that should be mentioned specially in others educational activity
1.	2010/04/01	Editing a textbook for teaching of Bioethics at Ritsumeikan APU in collaboration with UNESCO office in Asia Pacific

■ Exhibitions, concerts, and competitions

2007/01/01～2009/12/31

data mining for alternative medicine, as well as other techniques

■ Homepage

https://researcher.apu.ac.jp/apuhp/KgApp?resId=S001455&Language=2