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Chapter and Conference Paper
Evaluating Stresses from Measured Strains in Viscoelastic Body Using Numerical Laplace Transformation
This study proposes a method for computing stresses from measured values of in-plane strains in viscoelastic body under plane stress condition. Since Poisson’s ratio depends on time and temperature, it is diff...
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Open AccessOral administration of an HSP90 inhibitor, 17-DMAG, intervenes tumor-cell infiltration into multiple organs and improves survival period for ATL model mice
In the peripheral blood leukocytes (PBLs) from the carriers of the human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) or the patients with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL), nuclear factor kappaB (NF-κB)-mediated antiapopto...
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Liposarcoma with radiologically biphasic patterns
Liposarcoma is a one of the common soft tissue sarcomas, and is estimated to represent 16–18% of sarcomas in adults. According to the World Health Organization, this tumor is mainly classified into five subtyp...
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Zinc underpotential deposition at Pt(111) and Pt(110) under the influence of boric acid and chloride anions
Zinc underpotential deposition (Zn UPD) was studied by cyclic voltammetry in solutions of various pH and composition, where the effects of the presence of boric acid or chloride in the solution were observed. ...
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Adjustable Robust Optimization Models for a Nonlinear Two-Period System
We study two-period nonlinear optimization problems whose parameters are uncertain. We assume that uncertain parameters are revealed in stages and model them using the adjustable robust optimization approach....
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Rapid response to changing light environments of the calanoid copepod Calanus sinicus
Calanus sinicus is a large calanoid copepod and a dominant species in the coastal waters of Japan. During a research cruise in Sagami Bay on 18 June 1996, we found C. sinicus performing an “unusual” diel vertica...
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Comparison of three-field esophagectomy for esophageal cancer incorporating open or thoracoscopic thoracotomy
Background: Thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer has been performed as an alternative to open surgery to reduce surgical trauma. However, its effect on pulmonary function, ex...
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Effects of omega-3 fatty acids in rat allogenic small intestinal transplantation
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Isolation of a New Organochlorine Pollutant 2,3,3,3,2′,3′,3′,3′-Octachlorodipropyl Ether From Fish
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Consequences of the neural network investigation for Dst-AL relationship
Several recent studies have suggested that most of the Dst main phase variations and of the AL variations similarly respond to a certain type of solar wind condition although the processes are independent of each...
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Growth of zooxanthellae in culture with two nitrogen sources
Physiological characteristics of zooxanthellae were examined under nutrient-saturated conditions created by mixing ammonium (15NH4) with nitrate (15NO3) to give 0.88 mM total nitrogen. Growth rate varied with th...
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Characteristics of TEC variations observed at Chofu for geomagnetic storms
Since the middle of 1996, we have made a routine observation of TEC using GPS in Chofu (35.65°N, 139.54°E), Tokyo. We examine in this paper the relationship between the perturbation components of TEC and geoma...
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Characterization of a hemichordate fork head/HNF-3 gene expression
Based on anatomical and developmental similarities, hemichordates are thought to be most closely related to chordates. However, so far very few developmental genes have been characterized from hemichordates. T...
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Comparative energetics analysis of CCM2 with different horizontal resolutions
Comprehensive global energetics analysis is carried out for the NCAR CCM2 with different horizontal resolutions of R15, T42, T63, and T106 to assess the effect of various model truncations on the global energ...
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Cold adaptation of a mesophilic serine protease, subtilisin, by in vitro random mutagenesis
Artificial cold adaptation of a mesophilic protease, subtilisin BPN′, was attempted by means of random mutagenesis of its entire gene coupled with screening of cleared-zone-forming colonies on skim-milk plate...
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Diel feeding behavior of neritic copepods during spring and fall blooms in Akkeshi Bay, eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan
In situ diel feeding behavior of neritic copepods was investigated using the gut fluorescence method, during spring and fall bloom periods in Akkeshi Bay, on the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan. Acartia omorii a...
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Modeling of spring bloom in the western subarctic Pacific (off Japan) with observed vertical density structure
Effects of vertical stability on spring blooms of phytoplankton were investigated for the western subarctic Pacific ocean using a one-dimensional (depth) ecosystem model. In the model, vertical stability was e...
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Improvement of a useful enzyme (subtilisin BPN′) by an experimental evolution system
In order to improve a natural enzyme so as to fit industrial purposes, we have applied experimental evolution techniques comprised of successive in vitro random mutagenesis and efficient screening systems. Sub...
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Ecological impact of a fresh-water “reef kill” in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii
Storm floods on the night of December 31, 1987 reduced salinity to 15‰ in the surface waters of Kaneohe Bay, resulting in massive mortality of coral reef organisms in shallow water. A spectacular phytoplankton...
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Effects of hypobaric hypoxia on the oxidative capacity of the extensor digitorum longus motor units in the rat
The fiber number, fiber type distribution, and succinate dehydrogenase activity were investigated from the fast-twitch extensor digitorum longus muscle of male rats exposed to 7 weeks of hypobaric hypoxia. The...
