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Open AccessProspects for observing and localizing gravitational-wave transients with Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA
We present possible observing scenarios for the Advanced LIGO, Advanced Virgo and KAGRA gravitational-wave detectors over the next decade, with the intention of providing information to the astronomy community...
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Flow characteristics of pressure reducing valve with radial slit structure for low noise
Pressure reducing valves are widely used to maintain the pressure of gas reservoirs to specific values. In a normal valve, supply pressure is decompressed with an orifice structure. When compressed air passes ...
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Engineering ethics and visualization
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X-ray emission from multi-inner-shell excited states produced by high-intensity short-pulse X-rays
We study the double inner-shell ionization produced by high-intensity short-pulse X-rays and the X-ray emission from doubly inner-shell excited states of Mg (1s 22s 22p 43s 2) and Xe (1s 22s 22p 63s 23p 64s 24p 6
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Successful laparoscopic Ladd's procedure and appendectomy for intestinal malrotation with appendicitis
We successfully performed a laparoscopic Ladd's procedure and an appendectomy in a 15-year-old girl with intestinal malrotation and appendicitis. She had tenderness and rebound pain in the umbilicus and left l...
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Effects of intermediate semiconductor layers on carrier transport mechanisms through p-ZnSe/metals interfaces
The effects of formation of intermediate semiconductor layers at p-ZnSe/metals interfaces on carrier transport mechanisms were studied by comparing contacts prepared by the deposition and annealing (DA) techni...
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Flow patterns in the carotid artery bifurcation of patients with cerebrovascular disease on phase-contrast MR angiography
To measure blood flow patterns in carotid arteries of patients with cerebrovascular diseases and healthy volunteers, we used two-dimensional phase-contrast magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). For 5 healthy v...
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Fuzzy and conventional control of high-frequency ventilation
A high-frequency ventilator was developed, consisting of a single-phase induction motor, an unbalanced mass and a mechanical vibration system. Intermittent positive pressure respiration was combined with high-...
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Light-dependent nuclear positioning in prothallial cells ofAdiantum capillus-veneris
In the prothallus of the fernAdiantum capillus-veneris, which consists of a single cell-layer, nuclear position differs depending on light and dark conditions. Under white light, nuclei are located along the cell...
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The junction between the plasma membrane and the cell wall in fern protonemal cells, as visualized after plasmolysis, and its dependence on arrays of cortical microtubules
The junction between the plasma membrane and the cell wall in the subapical region of tip-growing protonemata of the fernAdiantum capillus-veneris was visualized by plasmolyzing the cells with a 1 M solution of N...
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Effect of interferon-β on in vitro production of the liver specific idiotype-bearing antibody in patients with chronic hepatitis B
Recently interferon (IFN) has been used for the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis (CH) B. It is known that IFN-β has an anti-viral effect, but clinical effect of IFN-β is limited. In Japanese cases ...
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Ammonium and α-mannosidase are key factors determining natural killer (NK) activity in patients with liver cirrhosis
Natural killer (NK) cells are a group of lymphocytes which destroy in vitro a variety of tumor cells in a nonselective way. The serum α-mannosidase activity was significantly higher in patients with liver cirrhos...
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Cellular cytotoxicity induced by liver specific idiotype-bearing antibody against Chang liver cells
Liver-specific idiotype-bearing antibody (LSIA) was capable of being purified from the sera of patients with chronic hepatitis by affinity chromatography. It was demonstrated that LSIA bound to Chang liver cel...
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Intracellular pH Regulation of Normal Rat Brain: 31P-MRS Study
Intracellular pH changes in rat brain tissue were investigated during low or high extracellular pH induced by acetazolamide or sodium bicarbonate, respectively. Intracellular pH was measured by 31P-MRS in the bra...
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Simulation of rockfalls triggered by earthquakes
A computer program to simulate the downslope movement of boulders in rolling or bouncing modes has been developed and applied to actual rockfalls triggered by the Mammoth Lakes, California, earthquake sequence...
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Estimation of the Transfer Coefficients of Oxygen and Carbon Monoxide in the Boundary of Human and Chicken Red Blood Cells by a Microphotometric Method
A microphotometric method to measure the reaction rates of O2 and CO was developed by Mochizuki et al. (1973) for the purpose of measurements in a single red blood cell (RBC). To date, the rates of oxygenation, d...
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A Method for Estimating Contact Time of Red Cells in Lung Capillaries from O2 and CO2 Concentrations in Rebreathing Air in Man
In a previous paper (Mochizuki et al., 1986) we described the relation between alveolar- and venous-Pco2 and the contact time (tc). However, at that time, Pco2-dependency of the arterio-venous difference in O2 co...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Measurement of Transient Flow Pattern by High Speed Scanning X-Ray Void Fraction Meter
In order to measure void distributions across pipe flow and to determine the transient flow pattern during blowdown from a high pressure water vessel to atmosphere, we have developed a high-speed scanning X-ra...
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Estimation of the Rate of CO2 Diffusion Into the Red Cell Through the Bohr Shift
When the reactions of the red blood cell with O2 and CO2 are observed in a reaction chamber of a micro-photometric apparatus, the plasma layer around the cell tends to be superfluously thick and usually becomes h...
