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Outline of the Great East Japan Earthquake
An earthquake occurred at 2:46 P.M. on March 11, 2011, off the Pacific coast of Tohoku. It measured 9.0 Mw on the moment magnitude scale and was the largest recorded earthquake in known Japanese history. Extre...
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The Species Composition of Buried Seeds of Seashore Vegetation Disturbed by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Northern Tohoku, Japan
The 2011 Tohoku-oki tsunami damaged most sandy coastlines in Tohoku, Japan, and sandy beach vegetation was extensively disturbed. Buried seeds contribute greatly to vegetation recovery and ecological successio...
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Open AccessBinding of longer Aβ to transmembrane domain 1 of presenilin 1 impacts on Aβ42 generation
Amyloid-β peptide ending at 42nd residue (Aβ42) is believed as a pathogenic peptide for Alzheimer disease. Although γ-secretase is a responsible protease to generate Aβ through a processive cleavage, the prote...
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Biodiversity of man-made open habitats in an underused country: a class of multispecies abundance models for count data
Since the 1960s, Japan has become highly dependent on foreign countries for natural resources, and the amount of managed lands (e.g. coppice, grassland, and agricultural field) has declined. Due to infrequent ...