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Open AccessTranscriptome analysis to identify the downstream genes of androgen receptor in dermal papilla cells
Testosterone signaling mediates various diseases, such as androgenetic alopecia and prostate cancer. Testosterone signaling is mediated by the androgen receptor (AR). In this study, we fortuitously found that ...
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Detailed chromosome analysis of wild-type, immortalized fibroblasts with SV40T, E6E7, combinational introduction of cyclin dependent kinase 4, cyclin D1, telomerase reverse transcriptase
Cell immortalization enables us to expand the cultured cell infinitely. However, the process of immortalization sometimes changes the nature of the original cell. In this study, we established immortalized emb...
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Open AccessGlobal transcriptome analysis of pig induced pluripotent stem cells derived from six and four reprogramming factors
Pigs are important, both for agriculture and as animal models for human diseases. However, due to the lack of embryonic stem cells, the possibility of genetic modification is quite limited. To overcome this li...
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Efficient immortalization of cells derived from critically endangered Tsushima leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus) with expression of mutant CDK4, Cyclin D1, and telomerase reverse transcriptase
Tsushima leopard cat is the subspecies of Amur cats, and it is classified as the most highest class of critically endangered animals. Although the protection activity is highly recognized, the number of animal...
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Study on Fatigue Design Method of an Engine Component Produced by Flake Graphite Cast Iron for Different Loading Modes and Mean Stresses
In order to improve reliability of an automotive engine, a fatigue design method was studied based on the fatigue mechanisms in flake graphite cast iron. In the present study, fatigue test specimens were cut f...
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Power Generation and Peltier Refrigeration by a Tubular π-Type Thermoelectric Module
A tubular configuration is a practical form of thermoelectric (TE) device to generate electric power from fluid heat sources as well as to control the temperature of fluid media by Peltier effect. Here, we rep...
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Open AccessBreaking the trade-off between thermal and electrical conductivities in the thermoelectric material of an artificially tilted multilayer
Breaking the trade-off between thermoelectric (TE) parameters has long been demanded in order to highly enhance its performance. Here, we report the ‘trade-off-free’ interdependence between thermal conductivit...
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Detection of Thermal Radiation, Sensing of Heat Flux, and Recovery of Waste Heat by the Transverse Thermoelectric Effect
The transverse thermoelectric effect is unique in that an output voltage can be extracted in the direction perpendicular to the input temperature gradient. This paper describes how this transverse feature can ...
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Enhancement in Performance of the Tubular Thermoelectric Generator (TTEG)
For use in a tubular thermoelectric generator (TTEG), we fabricated tubular Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3/Ni composite using a melt-spinning technique combined with the spark plasma sintering (SPS) process. With this method, pow...
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Percolation Conduction in Hybrid Thermoelectric Material Consisting of Bi0.88Sb0.12 and Barium Ferrite Particles
A hybrid material consisting of thermoelectric Bi0.88Sb0.12 and Ba ferrite Bi0.88Sb0.12(BaFe12O19) x (x = 0, 0.025, 0.04, and 0.08) was synthesized using sintering. Powder x-ray...
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Sulfur-containing silsesquioxane hybrids with high refractive index and high Abbe number
Novel sulfur-containing silsesquioxane nanoparticles, (RS–SiO1.5) n , having uniform size distribution, good solubility, and relatively high refractive index were synthesized by ...
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Open AccessBifunctional thermoelectric tube made of tilted multilayer material as an alternative to standard heat exchangers
Enormously large amount of heat produced by human activities is now mostly wasted into the environment without use. To realize a sustainable society, it is important to develop practical solutions for waste he...
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Terahertz radiation from multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films as a new approach for ferroelectric memory readout and ferroelectric domain imaging microscopy
We have observed novel terahertz (THz) radiation characteristics of multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films upon illumination of femtosecond laser pulses. The radiated THz pulses from BiFeO3 thin films were shown to origi...
