K03: Biological Effects of EMF

Monday, August 18  13:40-15:40,  Room #10

Session Chairs: Nam Kim, Zhou Zhou

Studies have been continued to collect evidences to assess health hazards of electromagnetic fields. In spite of the long history of these researches there are still uncertainties in possible biological effect of long-term low level exposures. New approaches for breakthrough have been awaited to obtain scientific evidences for or against those possible effects. The researches have been focused on frequencies and waveforms used for wireless communications such as mobile phones. New technologies other than those are now emerging. They use different frequencies and waveforms. The possible health effects should also be explored. On the other hand beneficial use of the effect of electromagnetic fields has become of more concern for the development of novel applications in biotechnology and medicine. This session call for papers on recent development of experimental studies as well as epidemiological studies on biological effects of electromagnetic fields of various approaches.

13:40  K03.1   SYSTEM FOR ANIMAL EM EXPOSURE WITH WELL DEFINED DOSIMETRY

J. Vrba1, D. Vrba2, J. Vrba jr.2, F. Vozeh3, J. Barcal3, L. Vannucci4

1Faculty of Electrical Eng., Dept. of EM Field, Czech Technical University in Prague, Prague 6, Czech Republic
2Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Dept. of Biomedical Technique, Czech Technical University in Prague, Kladno, Czech Republic
3Medical Faculty, Dept.of Patophysiology, Charles University in Prague, Pilsen, Czech Republic
4Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic


14:00  K03.2   EFFECTS OF THE EXPOSURE OF 2.14GHZ W-CDMA RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS TO RATS ON BODY TEMPERATURE INCREASE AND HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS EXPRESSION

A. Ushiyama1, S. Ohtani2, M. Maeda2, K. Hattori2, N. Kunugita1, J. Wang3, K. Ishii2

1Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health, Wako, Saitama, Japan
2Department of Hygienic Chemistry, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
3Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan


14:20  K03.3   MODELING EM-BASED THERMAL TREATMENT: REQUIREMENTS, PROGRESS, AND OPEN ISSUES

E. Neufeld, A. Kyriakou, N. Kuster

1Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT’IS), Zurich, Switzerland


14:40  K03.4   EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM EXPOSURE TO 60 GHZ MILLIMETER-WAVE ON GENOTOXICITIES IN CELLS DERIVED FROM HUMAN EYE

S. Koyama1, E. Narita1, Y. Suzuki2, T. Shiina2, M. Taki2, N. Shinohara1, J. Miyakoshi1

1Laboratory of Applied Radio Engineering for Humanosphere, Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
2Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Graduate Schools of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan


15:00  K03.5   EFFECT OF RELATIVE HUMIDITY DURING 40 GHZ MILLIMETER WAVE EXPOSURE

M. Kojima1, C. -Y. Tsai1, Y. Suzuki2, K. Sasaki3, K. Wake3, S. Watanabe3, M. Taki2, Y. Kamimura4, A. Hirata5, K. Sasaki1, H. Sasaki1

1Division of Vision Research for Environmental Health, Kanazawa Medical University, Kahoku-gun, Japan
2Division of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
3Electromagnetic Compatibility Group, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
4Department of Information Science, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan
5Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan


15:20  K03.6   NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF HEAT TRANSPORT FOR RABBIT EYE EXPOSED TO MILLIMETER WAVE CONSIDERING FLUID DYNAMICS WITHIN ANTERIOR CHAMBER

Y. Suzuki1, M. Sasaki1, J. Chakarothai2, M. Kojima3, K. Sasaki2, M. Takamura1, K. Wake2, M. Taki1

1Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan
2National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
3Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan