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To investigate the effect of Fe-addition on the Cs+-adsorption ability (Cs+-AA) of woody charcoal, charcoal samples were prepared from Japanese cedar (JC) and Japanese oak (JO) wood impregnated with Fe3+ at 600 a...
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Open AccessMössbauer and Raman characterization of iron-loaded woody charcoal: effects of Fe3+-dispersion in wood on reduction of Fe3+ and graphitization in carbonization
An Fe3+-impregnation method was improved to disperse Fe3+ in wood powder more homogeneously, and the wood powder was carbonized at various temperatures. The obtained iron-loaded charcoal samples were analyzed usi...
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Pathological findings of lymphadenopathy in drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS)/drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic syndrome (DRESS): similarities with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma
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Can I Trust You? Laterality of Facial Trustworthiness in an Economic Game
People tend to turn their left or right cheek to express or conceal emotions, respectively. We examined the lateral posing bias for displaying trustworthiness during a trust game in which participants and thei...
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Tracking and height control in plasma robotic welding using digital CCD camera
An image processing method that automatically tracks the weld line during plasma robotic welding has been developed, with self-regulated standoff of the torch. The hiding of the plasma electrode in the torch p...
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Grape expansins, VvEXPA14 and VvEXPA18 promote cell expansion in transgenic Arabidopsis plant
We herein report the molecular characterization of grape expansins, VvEXPA14 and VvEXPA18. VvEXPA14 and VvEXPA18 transcription was detected in grape berries at 2 weeks post flowering and their expression was u...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Spoken Dialogue System for Noisy Environment
One of the important challenges for achieving a spoken dialogue system in noisy environments is to make the system’s speech audible for the user. Although there have been many studies on speech recognition in ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Exploring Kaguya Moon Mission Sensor Data by Locating Geographic Entities
The Kaguya Lunar probe generated 88 data products using various instruments, during its long mission. These products are based on location and time. These include, Carbon dioxide readings, altitude, images, te...
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Role of K+ channels in the regulation of electrical spontaneous activity of the mouse small intestine
The roles of K+ channels in the regulation of slow waves and pacemaker potentials recorded from mouse small intestine were investigated using intracellular recording techniques in the presence of nifedipine. Iber...
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Effects of temperature on pacemaker potentials in the mouse small intestine
The effects of temperature on the generation of pacemaker potentials recorded from myenteric interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC-MY) distributed in the mouse small intestine were investigated using intracellular ...
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Spontaneous activity and its cholinergic modulation in circular smooth muscle isolated from guinea-pig stomach antrum
Circular smooth muscle isolated from the guinea-pig gastric antrum generated periodic slow potentials in the presence of nifedipine and nitroarginine to prevent the activity of voltage-gated L-type Ca-channels...
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Role of protein kinase C in the excitatory action of cholinergic nerve stimulation on spontaneous activity of circular smooth muscle isolated from the guinea-pig stomach antrum
Following inhibition of NO production with nitroarginine, circular muscle isolated from the guinea-pig gastric antrum generated periodic slow potentials and unitary potentials. Transmural nerve stimulation (TN...
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Components of pacemaker potentials recorded from the guinea pig stomach antrum
Pacemaker potentials recorded intracellularly from the guinea pig stomach consisted of initial primary and following plateau components. Inhibition of the internal Ca2+ store pump with cyclopiazonic acid depolar...
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Inhibitory actions of adenosine differ between ear and mesenteric arteries in the rabbit
In isolated ear and mesenteric arteries of rabbit, adenosine inhibited nerve-mediated contractions to a similar extent. However, the amplitude of the excitatory junction potentials evoked by perivascular nerve...
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Mechanisms of inhibitory noradrenergic transmission in the rabbit facial vein
In isolated buccal segment of the rabbit facial vein, electrical responses produced by perivascular nerve stimulation and exogenously applied noradrenaline (NA) were recorded from the smooth muscle cells using...
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The effects of flunarizine on electrical and mechanical responses of smooth muscle tissues of the rabbit basilar and ear arteries to transmural stimulation, highpotassium solution (high-K), 5-hydroxytryptamine...
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Effects of alpha-adrenoceptor antagonists on electrical and mechanical responses of the isolated dog mesenteric vein to perivascular nerve stimulation and exogenous noradrenaline
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Effects of nifedipine derivatives on smooth muscle cells and neuromuscular transmission in the rabbit mesenteric artery
The effects of nifedipine and its derivatives, nisoldipine, nimodipine and nitrendipine, on smooth muscle cells and neuromuscular transmission were investigated in the rabbit mesenteric artery. These agents in...
