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Ryotaro Hayato1, Yoshitaka Ohtubo, Kiyonori Yoshii

  • 1Kyushu Institute of Technology, Hibikino 2-4, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan.

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