21 Result(s)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Shaking Table Tests on Level Ground Model Simulating Construction of Sand Compaction Piles

The sand compaction pile (SCP) method is a ground improvement method that increases the density of the ground by enlarging the diameter of the sand pile through penetration and repeated withdrawal/re-driving o...

Hiroshi Yabe, Junichi Koseki, Kenji Harada… in Proceedings of the 4th International Confe… (2022)

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Anti-allodynic action of the disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug iguratimod in a rat model of neuropathic pain

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis experience nociceptive as well as neuropathic pain. The effect of iguratimod (IGU), a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug, on neuropathic pain in a rat model of chronic con...

K. Morimoto, A. Miura, Keiichi Tanaka in Inflammation Research (2017)

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Asymptotic Expansion Formula of Option Price Under Multifactor Heston Model

The stochastic volatility model of Heston (Rev Financ Stud 6(2):327–343, 1993) has found difficulty in describing some of the important features of implied volatility dynamics, leading to a quest for multifactor ...

Kazuki Nagashima, Tsz-Kin Chung, Keiichi Tanaka in Asia-Pacific Financial Markets (2014)

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A latent process model for the pricing of corporate securities

We propose a structural model with a joint process of tangible assets (marker) and firm status for the pricing of corporate securities. The firm status is assumed to be latent or unobservable, and default occu...

Masaaki Kijima, Teruyoshi Suzuki… in Mathematical Methods of Operations Research (2009)

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Hindgut microbes, fermentation and their seasonal variations in Hokkaido native horses compared to light horses

Fecal bacteria and protozoa of Hokkaido native horses and light horses were enumerated to compare seasonal variation in hindgut microbes and fermentation between the two breeds. Fecal samples were collected in...

Yasuo Kobayashi, Satoshi Koike, Makoto Miyaji, Hiroshi Hata… in Ecological Research (2006)

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Secular trends in the incidence, mortality, and survival rate of gastric cancer in a general Japanese population: the Hisayama study

To examine secular trends in the incidence and mortality of gastric cancer in a Japanese community, Hisayama, we established three study-cohorts of Hisayama residents aged ≥40 years in 1961 (1637 subjects), 19...

Keiichi Tanaka, Yutaka Kiyohara, Michiaki Kubo… in Cancer Causes & Control (2005)

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Rumen microbes and fermentation of wild sika deer on the Shiretoko peninsula of Hokkaido Island, Japan

A total of 32 wild Hokkaido sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) were shot (13 in summer, nine in autumn and 10 in winter) in the Syari district, Shiretoko Peninsula of Hokkaido Island, Japan. The ingested foods, ...

Yasuhiro ICHIMURA, Hidehisa YAMANO, Toru TAKANO, Satoshi KOIKE… in Ecological Research (2004)

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Synergistic activation of mouse metallothionein-I gene by interleukin-6 and glucocorticoid

Metallothionein (MT)-inducing activity of interleukin (IL)-6 depends on the presence of glucocorticoid in hepatic cells. The synergistic action of IL-6 and glucocorticoid was observed in the transcriptional ac...

Norio Itoh, Keiko Kasutani, Masako Kanekiyo, Tomoki Kimura… in Metallothionein IV (1999)

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Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy with n-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate for ruptured duodenal varices

Duodenal varices are a rare site of hemorrhage in patients with portal hypertension, but their rupture is a serious and often fatal event. We report the case of a 77-year-old woman with cirrhosis who presente...

Kazuhiro Ota, Zentaro Shirai, Takao Masuzaki, Keiichi Tanaka… in Journal of Gastroenterology (1998)

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Gastric Prostacyclin (PGI₂) Prevents Stress-Induced Gastric Mucosal Injury in Rats by Inhibiting Leukocyte Activation

Prostaglandins play an important role in preventing gastric mucosal injury, referred to as “gastric cytoprotection”. Although PGE₁ and PGE₂ inhibit gastric secretion, cytoprotection is considered independent of t...

Naoaki Harada, Kenji Okajima… in Recent Advances in Prostaglandin, Thrombox… (1997)

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Characteristics of 20 year old iodine cell and compact iodine stabilized laser

Spectral quality and reliability of four kinds of¹²⁷ I ₂ cells for an wavelengtn standard were investigated. A 20 year old 10 cm long sealed off iodine cell has sho...

Keiichi Tanaka, Junichi Koshigoe, Yosio Nakajima, Yong Chol Lee… in Optical Review (1996)

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Characteristics of 20 year old iodine cell and compact iodine stabilized laser

Spectral quality and reliability of four kinds of¹²⁷ I ₂ cells for an wavelengtn standard were investigated. A 20 year old 10 cm long sealed off iodine cell has shown its long life...

Keiichi Tanaka, Junichi Koshigoe, Yosio Nakajima, Yong Chol Lee… in Optical Review (1996)

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Characterization of macrophage cell line A640-BB-2: A640-BB-2 resembles peritoneal exudate macrophages in cell morphology, tumor cell recognition, responsiveness to immunomodulator OK-432 and lysosomal enzyme activity

Characteristics of mouse macrophage (MP) cell lines A640-BB-2, J774.1 and P388D1 and mouse peritoneal exudate MPs were studied and compared in cell morphology, ability to recognize tumor cells in the presence ...

Takahiko Tanigawa, Hisao Takayama, Hitoshi Osatake, Keiichi Tanaka… in Cytotechnology (1992)

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Membrane turnover in crab photoreceptors studied by high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and by a new technique of thick-section transmission electron microscopy

Crab photoreceptors were examined after treatment by the osmium-DMSO-osmium method for high-resolution scanning electron microscopy. This technique of specimen preparation was also adapted for transmission ele...

Dr. Sally Stowe, Hatsuko Fukudome, Keiichi Tanaka in Cell and Tissue Research (1986)

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Amino acids and peptides. X. Synthesis of two dotriacontapeptides corresponding to C-terminal sequence 30–61 (fragment α) of human liver metallothionein II and their heavy metal binding properties

Two kinds of dotriacontapeptides corresponding to C-terminal sequence 30–61 of human liver metallothionein, both containing 11 cysteine residues, were synthesized by the conventional fragment condensation meth...

Yoshio Okada, Noriya Ohta, Masami Yagyu, Kyong-Son Min… in Journal of Protein Chemistry (1984)

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Effect of a turbulent medium on the near- and far-field diffraction of a circular aperture

The near- and far-field diffraction due to a circular aperture illuminated with partially coherent light produced by a turbulent medium has been theoretically studied. Formulations are developed for investigat...

Toshimitsu Asakura, Issei Akamatsu, Keiichi Tanaka in Opto-electronics (1972)

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Zur Frage der Verbindung der Linsenfasern im Rinderauge

The spatial distribution of the lens-fibers junction system was studied by means of incident light microscopy, phase contrast microscopy, and electron microscopy by replica method.

Kéiichi Tanaka, Akihiro Iino in Zeitschrift für Zellforschung und Mikroskopische Anatomie (1967)

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Polarisationsoptische Analyse der Axillarorgane des Menschen

Die apokrinen Schlauchdrüsen der Achselhaut von Individuen mit Osmidrosis wurden chirurgisch reseziert und polarisationsoptisch untersucht.

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Kéiichi Tanaka in Zeitschrift für Zellforschung und Mikroskopische Anatomie (1962)