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Article
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...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
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...
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Chapter
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...
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Chapter
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...