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    Rare-earth ions as antibacterial agents for woven wool fabric

    Woven fabrics were bestowed with antibacterial property by the simple adsorption of rare-earth metal ions, and the underlying mechanism was investigated using electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. The ad...

    Shota Akioka, Shinji Hirai, Kenta Iijima, Akihiro Hirai in Chemical Papers (2022)

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    A Soft-Bodied Snake-Like Robot That Can Move on Unstructured Terrain

    Snakes utilize terrain irregularities and attain propulsion force by pushing their bodies against scaffolds. We have previously proposed a local reflexive mechanism of snake locomotion that exploits its body s...

    Takahide Sato, Takeshi Kano, Akihiro Hirai in Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (2012)

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    Changes of Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte (PMN) Functions Under Dietary Nucleic Acid Deficiency and Effects of Administration of Nucleotide and Nucleosides Mixture Solution in Mice

    Recent investigations of enterai nutritients or artificial feedings with nucleotides and nucleosides suggested that they potentiate the bio-defense activity in immunologically compromised patients in the inten...

    Akihiro Hirai, Makoto Usami, Seiji Haji in Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Man IX (1998)

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    A Nucleotide and Nucleosides Mixture Solution Improves Recovery of Energy Metabolism after Hepatic Ischemia in Rats

    Hepatic ischemia/reperfusion is a common problem encountered under many clinical conditions, and it occurs in a variety of surgical procedures. Possible consequences include liver failure and/or multi-organ sy...

    Makoto Usami, Mitsutoshi Ogino in Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism in Man IX (1998)