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Chapter and Conference Paper
GPS Based Estimation of Vehicle Sideslip Angle Using Multi-Rate Kalman Filter with Prediction of Course Angle Measurement Residual
In this paper, a new vehicle sideslip angle estimation based on GPS is proposed. Course angle obtained from GPS receiver can be utilized as one measurement for estimation design, together with the yaw rate fro...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Relationship between Surface Property and Operability of Tablet Terminal with Touch-Sensitive Screen
Intuitively operated touch-sensitive screens are becoming more prevalent in our daily lives. Particularly, the rapidly growing demand for tablets, which are beginning to be used in the educational and medical ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Topic Analysis of Web User Behavior Using LDA Model on Proxy Logs
We propose a web user profiling and clustering framework based on LDA-based topic modeling with an analogy to document analysis in which documents and words represent users and their actions. The main technica...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Web User Profiling on Proxy Logs and Its Evaluation in Personalization
We propose a web user profiling and clustering framework based on LDA-based topic modeling with an analogy to document analysis in which documents and words represent users and their actions. The main technica...
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Article
Pilot study of radiofrequency ablation therapy without surgical excision for T1 breast cancer: evaluation with MRI and vacuum-assisted core needle biopsy and safety management
There is increasing demand for minimally invasive treatments for small breast cancer mainly because of the desire for better cosmetic results. Although radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is an attractive approach a...
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Surrounding rim formation and reduction in size after radiofrequency ablation for primary breast cancer
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) has recently been used to treat small breast cancer. However, there are no data on the long-term morphological features after the procedure. The present study attempts to clarify ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Shape Recognition and Optimal Gras** of Unknown Objects by Soft-Fingered Robotic Hands with Camera
In this paper a method is proposed for shape recognition and gras** of unknown objects using a robotic hand with two soft fingers and one omnidirectional camera. For shape recognition, we propose to use a si...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Influence of Base Material of TRUCT Braille on Readability of TRUCT Braille
When they are printed together with visual characters, recently transparent-resinous-ultraviolet-curing-type (TRUCT) Braille signs are becoming more and more popular in Japan. These signs are made by screen pr...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Research on the Perceptual Size of Tactile Dots and Bars
Many countries today have rapidly aging populations, and so it becomes increasingly important that standards developers design consumer products that address the accessibility needs of older persons as well as...
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Article
Roles of osteoclasts and bone-derived IGFs in the survival and growth of human breast cancer cells in human adult bone implanted into nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient mice
Human breast cancer frequently metastasizes to bone, and effective therapies for patients with bone metastasis are required. However, the molecular mechanism for the bone metastasis of human breast cancer has ...
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Article
Polyester non-woven fabric finger cover as a TRUCT Braille reading assistance tool for Braille learners
Transparent resinous ultraviolet-curing type (TRUCT) Braille signs are becoming more and more popular in Japan, especially when they are printed together with visual characters. These signs are made by screen ...
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Article
Ectopic breast tissue in axillary lymph node
Benign epithelial inclusions are uncommonly found in lymph nodes, and ectopic breast tissue in axillary lymph nodes is particularly uncommon. The patient is a 48-year-old woman who had an adenoma of the nipple...
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angiosarcoma arising in the breast following breast-conserving surgery with radiation for breast carcinoma
We report a case of angiosarcoma arising in the breast following breast-conserving surgery with radiation therapy for breast carcinoma. The patient, a 49-year-old postmenopausal woman, had undergone breast-con...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Polyester Non-woven Fabric Finger Cover as a TRUCT Braille Reading Assistance Tool for Braille Learners
Recently, transparent-resinous-ultravioletcuring- type (TRUCT) Braille signs are becoming more and more popular in Japan, especially when they are printed together with visual characters. These signs are made ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A System for End-to-End Authentication of Adaptive Multimedia Content
We present a multimedia content delivery system that preserves the end-to-end authenticity of original content while allowing content adaptation by intermediaries. Our system utilizes a novel multi-hop signatu...
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Article
Blood loss in patients for total knee arthroplasty
Ninety-four patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and 180 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) undergoing unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA) were analyzed to clarify the necessity for preoperative autogenous blood...
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Article
Purification and properties of recombinant β-galactosidase from Bacillus circulans
A gene encoding β-galactosidase from Bacillus circulans which had hydrolysis specificity for the β1-3 linkage was expressed in Escherichia coli. The β-galactosidase was purified from crude cell lysates of E. c...
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Article
Enzymatic syntheses of GlcNAcβ1-2Man and Galβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-2Man as components of complex type sugar chains
GlcNAcβ1-2Man and GlcNAcβ1-6Man were synthesized using the reverse hydrolysis activity of β-N-acetylglucosaminidase from both jack beans and Bacillus circulans. In turn, Galβ1-4GlcNAcβ1-2Man and Galβ1-4GlcNAcβ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The Surface Characterizations of 80K-Phase Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Bulk Single Crystals and Thin Films
The 80K-phase Bi-system superconducting bulk single crystals and thin films were studied by SEM, LEED, RHEED, AES, XPS and SAM. The clean surfaces of the bulk single crystals were obtained by cleaving them in ...
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Article
Syntheses of α-D-glucosyl-D-fructoses by use of a reversed hydrolysis activity of α-glucosidase
α-D-Glucosyl-D-fructoses were synthesized by use of a reversed hydrolysis activity of α-glucosidase fromSaccharomyces sp. Although α-D-glucosyl-(1–1)-D-fructose was synthesized predominantly by the incubation of ...
