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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effect of Gravel Nourishment and Maintenance of the Beach on Akiya Coast in Yokosuka City, Japan
Beach nourishment using 8 × 104 m3 of gravel with a median diameter of 15 mm was carried out on the Akiya coast in Kanagawa Prefecture between 2007 and 2014 to recover a sandy beach, and beach changes after the n...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Weighted Reward Allocation Mechanism for Data Collection Quality
Data utilization, which offers several benefits in real-world contexts, has caught the attention of several researchers and organizations. However, obtaining high-quality data is difficult. Moreover, it usuall...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Fatigue Performance of the Buckling-Restrained Brace Using a Low-Yield-Point Steel Core Plate
Low-yield-point steels (LYP) have lower- and narrower-range yield strengths-, and better elongation than conventional steels. These steels are adapted to tall buildings and mid-rise buildings using seismic con...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Mechanical Properties of Structural Steels Subjected Bending History for Reuse
In Japan, steel structure buildings, such as plants and warehouses, are demolished within approximately 30 years owing to physical, architectural, economic, or social reasons. Damages of structural steels such...
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Open AccessEfficacy of Body Armor in Protection Against Blast Injuries Using a Swine Model in a Confined Space with a Blast Tube
The purpose of this study was to clarify whether or not body armor would protect the body of a swine model using a blast tube built at National Defense Medical College, which is the first such blast tube in Ja...
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Neural extracellular vesicle-derived miR-17 in blood as a potential biomarker of subthreshold depression
Subthreshold depression (StD) is a depressive state that does not fulfil the criteria for major depressive disorder (MDD); however, StD has a risk for progression to MDD, and early intervention is therefore ne...
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Open AccessAnalyzing Promising Researchers Using Network Centralities of Co-authorship Networks from Academic Literature
We propose a new way of using the betweenness centrality measure with co-author networks from an academic literature database to evaluate young researchers. It is difficult to discover and evaluate promising y...
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Measurement of blood-oxygen saturation using a photoacoustic technique in the rabbit hypoxemia model
The golden standard method to obtain accurate blood oxygen saturation is blood gas analysis that needs invasive procedure of blood sampling. Photoacoustic technique enables us to measure real-time blood oxygen...
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Analysis of Researchers Using Network Centralities of Co-authorship from the Academic Literature Database
Finding and encouraging young promising researchers is crucial to develop science and technology and to promote innovation. In this paper, I am to clarify requirements for researchers to conduct organizational...
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Three-dimensional culture using human plasma-medium gel with fragmin/protamine microparticles for proliferation of various human cells
Fragmin/protamine microparticles (F/P MPs) have been used as carriers for the preservation and activation of cytokines in human plasma (HP)–Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) gels. This study investigat...
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Triiodothyronine suppresses activin-induced differentiation of erythroleukemia K562 cells under hypoxic conditions
Thyroid hormone stimulates erythropoietic differentiation. However, severe anemia is sometimes seen in patients with hyperthyroidism, and the mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. Bone marrow is comprised...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Effect of Hydrogen Gas on a Mouse Bilateral Common Carotid Artery Occlusion
In recent studies, molecular hydrogen selectively reduced the levels of hydroxyl radicals in vitro and exerted a therapeutic anti-oxidant activity in a rat middle cerebral artery occlusion model. The aim of th...
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Impacts of gene bioaugmentation with pJP4-harboring bacteria of 2,4-D-contaminated soil slurry on the indigenous microbial community
Gene bioaugmentation is a bioremediation strategy that enhances biodegradative potential via dissemination of degradative genes from introduced microorganisms to indigenous microorganisms. Bioremediation exper...
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Fragmin/Protamine Microparticles (F/P MPs) as Cell Carriers Enhance the Formation and Growth of Tumors In Vivo
Mixing a low-molecular-weight heparin (e.g., fragmin) with protamine results in the formation of water-insoluble fragmin/protamine microparticles (F/P MPs) approximately 0.5–3 μm in diameter. In this study, we in...
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Simple and environmentally friendly preparation and size control of silver nanoparticles using an inhomogeneous system with silver-containing glass powder
A simple, environmentally friendly method for preparing highly size-controlled spherical silver nanoparticles was developed that involved heating a mixture of silver-containing glass powder and an aqueous solu...
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Proceedings of The 28th Annual Meeting of the Japan Human Cell Society 23 August 2009 Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Evaluation of the biodegradation potential of 1,4-dioxane in river, soil and activated sludge samples
To evaluate the biodegradation potential of 1,4-dioxane in natural environments, a total of 20 environmental samples including river water, activated sludge, soil from the drainage area of a chemical factory a...
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Depth of tumor invasion in locally advanced rectal cancer correlates with patients’ prognosis: The usefulness of elastic stain for its measurement
The relationship between the prognosis and the extent of colorectal carcinoma (CRC) is still unclear. As a simple parameter of the local invasion of CRC, we assessed the extent of tumor invasion beyond the out...
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Growth Dynamics of Pistia stratiotes in Temperate Climate
In order to understand the growth dynamics of the floating macrophyte Pistia stratiotes under natural conditions in a temperate climate, and the influence of higher levels of N and P concentrations in water on th...
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Comparative Evaluation of Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods for Routine Enumeration of Specific Bacterial DNA in Aquatic Samples
Three quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods, the internal standard method (IS-PCR), competitive PCR (cPCR) and most probable number-PCR (MPN-PCR), were compared in terms of their ability to quan...
