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Chapter and Conference Paper
Wind Resistance of a Solar Panel Mounting Structure with Partially Defective Pile Foundations
During the last decade, damage to photovoltaic power plants caused by natural disasters, mainly by strong winds during typhoons, has been reported repeatedly. Some reports have described frames damaged because...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Load-Carrying Capacity of Flexural Reinforced PC Beams with Pretensioned AFRP Sheet
To develop a rational flexural reinforcing method for prestressed concrete (PC) beams with pretensioned Aramid Fiber Reinforced Polymer sheet (AFRPs), the new anchoring method is proposed. It is the concept of...
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An applicability of dynamic response analysis of shear-failure type RC beams with lightweight aggregate concrete under falling-weight impact loading
In order to establish a simple and rational impact response analysis method for lightweight aggregate reinforced concrete (RC) beams, three-dimensional elasto-plastic finite element analysis was conducted for ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Numerical Simulation on Flexural Reinforcing Effects of AFRP Sheet for Damaged RC Girders
In order to rationally evaluate the reinforcing effects of Aramid fiber reinforced polymer (AFRP) sheet on damaged reinforced concrete (RC) girders, a 3D nonlinear FE analysis method was proposed. Here, firstl...
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Laparoscopic resection of gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumors located in the upper stomach
The treatment strategy for a gastrointestinal mesenchymal tumor located close to the esophagogastric junction remains controversial. The authors evaluate the criteria indicating that a gastrointestinal mesench...
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Variations in environmental factors and their effects on biological characteristics of meromictic Lake Abashiri
To clarify the variations in environmental factors and biological characteristics of eutrophic, brackish, meromictic Lake Abashiri, Japan, we studied long-term variations in concentrations of chloride and nut...
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Laparoscopic intragastric stapled resection of gastric submucosal tumors located near the esophagogastric junction
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Analysis of the change in dominant phytoplankton species in unstratified Lake Oshima-Ohnuma estimated by a bottle incubation experiment
The densities and growth rates of dominant phytoplankton in Lake Oshima-Ohnuma were determined during May to July 1996 to clarify the mechanism of change from spring-dominant to summer-dominant phytoplankton ...
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Prenatal diagnosis and therapy for a patient with vitamin B12-responsive methylmalonic acidaemia
The prenatal therapy is described of a patient with vitamin B12-responsive methylmalonic acidaemia during the last 10 days of gestation with oral administration of vitamin B12 (20mg/day) given to a mother did not...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Medical inspection after the earthquake in southwest off Hokkaido in Okushiri island
On July 12, 1993 at 22:17, the earthquake in southwest off Hokkaido occured at 60 km north undersea of 34 km in depth of Okushiri island which places at southwest of Hokkaido (Fig. 1). Okushiri island is about...
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Spectral change in heart rate variability in response to mental arithmetic before and after the beta-adrenoceptor blocker, carteolol
Spectral analysis of heart rate fluctuation was evaluated before and after administration of carteolol, a non-selectiveβ-adrenoceptor-blocker, to investigate the neural regulatory mechanisms underlying the haemod...
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Effect of Cromakalim (BRL 34915) on hemodynamic and electrocardiographic changes induced by endothelin in dogs
We evaluated whether cromakalim (BRL 34915), a vasorelaxant agent which acts by opening potassium channels, could affect the systemic effects of endothelin, a newly discovered vasoconstrictive peptide. Intrave...
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Molecular analysis of dihydropteridine reductase deficiency and restoration of the enzyme activity by gene transfer
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Interleukin-1 induces collagenase production by recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa fibroblasts
We examined the direct effect of interleukin-1 (IL-1) on the collagenase production by epidermolysis bullosa (EB) fibroblasts. Addition of IL-1 at concentrations of 2.5×10−4 units/ml or below in the culture media...
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Effect of ouabain on hemodynamics in acute volume expanded hypertensive dogs
To evaluate possible roles of endogenous Na+−K+-ATPase inhibitors in vasoconstricted blood pressure elevation produced by acute volume expansion, we administered ouabain (Na+−K+-ATPase inhibitor) intravenously (3...
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Abnormal Chest Roentgenogram Induced by Bronchial Involvement-Bronchial Cast Shadow
Bronchi are visible in the lung field radiologically in various conditions. One special condition manifesting abnormal shadow due to bronchial involvement is the replacement of the air in the bronchi by water-...
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Chapter
Usefullness of Bronchography — with Special Emphasis on Delineation of Mucosal Changes of the Large Bronchus
Bronchography is exculusively utilized for demonstration of distortion of airway anatomy. Usual findings of the bronchography, therefore, are dilated, stenosed, or obstructed lesions of the bronchial structure.
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Chapter
Early Detection of Hilar Type of Bronchogenic Carcinoma
Lung cancer among chromate workers has been recognized as one cf the occupational lung cancers based on cumulative reports since 1911. We have been doing health check-ups of chromate workers for detection of b...
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Test of the fourier-type amplitude in the ρ region
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Effects of two angiotensin II analogues on blood pressure, plasma aldosterone concentration, plasma renin activity and creatinine clearance in normal subjects on different sodium intakes
Two angiotensin II analogues (AIIA), 1-sarcosine, 8-isoleucine angiotensin II ([Sar1, Ile8]-AII) and 1-sarcosine, 8-alanine angiotensin II ([Sar1, Ala8-AII), were infused in six normal volunteers on high, regular...
