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Chapter and Conference Paper
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation under Constant Shear Stress
Mechanotransduction in in-vitro studies has yet to be done extensively using human induced pluripotent (hiPS) cells. These external mechanical factors are important controlling factor for cell differentiation ...
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Article
Colony-specific architecture of shelter tubes by termites
Social insects build sophisticated and complex architectures such as huge nests and underground galleries based on self-organizing rules. The structures of these architectures vary widely in size and shape wit...
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Workers do not mediate the inhibitory power of queens in a termite, Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)
In social insects, the caste systems are based on reproductive division of labor; queens specialize in reproduction and workers primarily maintain the colony. Recently, a volatile pheromone containing n-butyl-n-b...
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Genetic diversity of termite-egg mimicking fungi “termite balls” within the nests of termites
Antagonistic or mutualistic interactions between insects and fungi are well-known, and the mutualistic interactions of fungus-growing ants, fungus-growing termites, and fungus-gardening beetles with their resp...
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Microstructural Evolution in the Transient-Liquid-Phase Bonding Area of IN-738LC/BNi-3/IN-738LC
Transient-liquid-phase (TLP) bonding of the IN-738LC base alloy with BNi-3 interlayer was investigated in this article. Effects of the TLP bonding thermal cycle on the base alloy were studied microstructurally...
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Antisense and nonantisense effects of antisense Bcl-2 on multiple roles of Bcl-2 as a chemosensitizer in cancer therapy
Bcl-2 is an oncoprotein that plays a critical role in inhibiting apoptotic cell death in the mitochondria-dependent pathway in cancer chemotherapy. As a strategy for blocking Bcl-2 for enhancement of the chemo...
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High Temperature Thermal Insulation System for Millimeter Wave Sintering of B4C
Boron carbide (B4C) is one of advanced materials and is being used in a wide rage of applications. The unique feature of this material is its large neutron-absorbing cross-section. Some of its most prominent appl...
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Sexual and asexual colony foundation and the mechanism of facultative parthenogenesis in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)
Facultative parthenogenesis has great adaptive significance, especially with regard to low pairing efficiency. In the termite Reticulitermes speratus, females that fail to mate with males reproduce parthenogeneti...
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Shadow Doppler velocimetry with double fiber-array sensors
Shadow Doppler velocimetry (SDV) systems with double fiber-array sensors were developed for the measurements of particle trajectory angles and for the stereoscopic investigation of particles. The parallel two-...
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Mechanism, induction factors, and adaptive significance of dealation in the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae)
We studied the dealation of a subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus Kolbe from three different angles; mechanism, induction factors, and adaptive significance. During nuptial flight alates prevent the win...
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Specific Features of p53 Protein Induction after Ionizing Radiation in Cells of Patients with Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome
Synthesis of p53 and WAF1 (p21) proteins was studied in cells of patients with Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) and of patients with ataxia telangiectasia (AT), as well as in normal cells with respect to their...
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Chapter
Human Amniotic Epithelial (HAE) Cells Produce Erythropoietin
It was reported that the human amniotic fluid contains erythropoietin (EPO), the regulator of erythropoiesis. But the source has not been identified yet. In order to identify the origin of EPO in amniotic flui...
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Colony fusion in a termite: What makes the society "open"?
Sociobiological theories assume that insect societies are closed, i.e., members always act aggressively toward alien conspecific individuals. However, introduction of non-nestmate workers into a host colony o...
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Expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 in peritoneal endometriotic cells
It is well known that the number of peritoneal macrophages is increased in patients with pelvic endometriosis. We measured the concentration of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) using an enzyme-linke...
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Morphological study of the regeneration mechanism of acetic acid-injured colon crypts in the rat
The regeneration mechanism of injured rat colonic mucosa with 1% acetic acid was certified in this study. The injured colons were studied periodically on experimental days 1, 3, 5, 7, 15, and 20 with light an...
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Symbiosis of a termite and a sclerotium-forming fungus: Sclerotia mimic termite eggs
Brown balls, of a similar size but different shape to termite eggs, were found frequently in the piles of eggs of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus. rDNA analysis identified the ball as the sclerot...
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An immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study of a follicle-stimulating hormone-secreting gonadotroph adenoma occurring in a 10-year-old girl
Female gonadotroph adenomas with endocrinological symptoms are uncommon. Six cases of such adenomas have been reported in the literature: two were girls who presented with precocious puberty and four were pre...
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High-spin states of rotational bands built upon νi13/2 in 166Lu
High-Spin states of odd-odd 166Lu were populated using the 139La(30Si,3nγ)166Lu at a beam energy of 120 MeV. Twelve new γ-rays were placed on top of the previously known two rotational bands built upon πg ...
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Testosterone modulates serum leptin concentrations in a male patient with hypothalamic hypogonadism
Serial measurements of body mass index (BMI), serum concentrations of testosterone (T), estradiol (E) and leptin (L) were performed before and after gonadotropin (Gn) therapy in an 18-year-old male subject (BM...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Multiple Current-Dipole Distribution Reconstructed by Modified Selective Minimum-Norm Method
Recent development of SQUID systems enables us to measure biomagnetic fields simultaneously with more and more Channels. How to relate the measured fields with multiple-dipole distribution is one of the most i...
